Carbon nanotubes based position sensors

Pou Liu; Lixin Dong; Toshio Fukuda; Fumihito Arai; Moeto Nagai; Yoshiaki Imaizumi

doi:10.1109/icima.2004.1384153

Carbon nanotubes based position sensors

Pou Liu
, Lixin Dong
, Toshio Fukuda
, Fumihito Arai
, Moeto Nagai
, Yoshiaki Imaizumi

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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Abstract

Prototypes of individual carbon nanotube (CNT) based position sensors are presented on the bases of the field emission from a nanotube emitter, a telescoping (inter-layer sliding) multi-walled nanotube and a sliding nanotube on an Au substrate. These sensors are constructed by nanomanipulation and featured by their compact sizes, simple structures, and potential high resolutions. Field emission based one is characterized by the non-contact configuration and suitable for an approximate sensor or as a position detector for other kinds of sensors. Telescoping motion based nanotube sensors have potentially subnanometer resolution and fit well for a nano-encoder because of their potentially quantized interlayer coupling resistance. Unidirectional and reciprocating telescopic motions have been realized and the resistance has been found changing linearly with the telescoping length. The perfect linearity of the resistance of a nanotube sliding on an Au substrate promises it the highest resolution in the presented three types. However, the contact nature limits its applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	12-17
ISBN (Print)	0-7803-8748-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/icima.2004.1384153
Publication status	Published - Aug 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	2004 International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation (ICIMA 2004) - University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China Duration: 26 Aug 2004 → 31 Aug 2004 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/9505/proceeding

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Name	Proceedings - 2004 International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation

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Conference	2004 International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation (ICIMA 2004)
Abbreviated title	ICIMA2004
Place	China
City	Chengdu
Period	26/08/04 → 31/08/04
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/9505/proceeding

Research Keywords

Carbon nanotube
Field emission
Nanorobotic manipulation
Position sensor
Telescoping

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Liu, P, Dong, L, Fukuda, T, Arai, F, Nagai, M & Imaizumi, Y 2004, Carbon nanotubes based position sensors. in Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation. Proceedings - 2004 International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation, IEEE, pp. 12-17, 2004 International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation (ICIMA 2004), Chengdu, China, 26/08/04. https://doi.org/10.1109/icima.2004.1384153

Carbon nanotubes based position sensors. / Liu, Pou; Dong, Lixin; Fukuda, Toshio et al.
Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation. IEEE, 2004. p. 12-17 (Proceedings - 2004 International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation).

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