Proceedings of the KSME Conference (대한기계학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2004.11a
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- Pages.986-990
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- 2004
A Study on the Actuating Voltage of a Nanotweezer
나노 트위져의 구동 전압에 관한 연구
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a method to estimate the actuating voltage of the nanotweezer made by manual assembly using carbon nanotube. The nanotweezer is composed of two CNT arms that are made by the multiwalled carbon nanotube and tungsten tip. Since the each CNT arm has the macro actuator, the nanotweezer can manipulate a large particle and it is possible to close and open the CNT arm repeatedly. The closing voltage, i.e., actuating voltage is calculated using the capacitance between the carbon nanotubes in CNT arm. We demonstrate the actuation of the nanotweezer using the voltage calculated with the electrostatic force.