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(a). 1 m m. (b). (c). (d). (e). Nanorobotic Manipulator Assisted Assembly of Complex Nanostructures based on Carbon Nanotubes.
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(a) 1 mm (b) (c) (d) (e) Nanorobotic Manipulator Assisted Assembly of Complex Nanostructures based on Carbon Nanotubes Pou Liu1, Kalle Kantola2, Toshio Fukuda1 and Fumihito Arai31Dept. of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering, Nagoya Univ., Japan2Dept. of Automation and Systems Engineering,Helsinki Univ. of Tech., Finland3Dept. of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku Univ., Japan • A series of in situ nanofabrication technique of CNTs including cutting, bending and welding inside the SEM were reported. • A gas supplying system was built for cutting, bending and welding techniques. • A 3D nanostructure, the letter N, wasassembled from a single CNT and set to stand on a surface of a substrate by using nanofabrication techniques and nanomanipulation. Assembly of a 3D nanostructure with a single CNT