Nanorobotic spot welding by attogram precision metal deposition from copper-filled carbon nanotubes

Lixin Dong; Xinyong Tao; Li Zhang; Xiaobin Zhang; Bradley J. Nelson

doi:10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363184

Nanorobotic spot welding by attogram precision metal deposition from copper-filled carbon nanotubes

Lixin Dong
, Xinyong Tao
, Li Zhang
, Xiaobin Zhang
, Bradley J. Nelson^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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

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Nanorobotic spot welding using single-crystalline-copper-filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is investigated experimentally inside a transmission electron microscope (TEM). Controlled melting and flowing of copper inside nanotube shells are realized by applying bias voltages between 1.5 V and 2.5 V. The average mass flow rate of the copper was found to be 120 ag/s according to TEM video imaging (measured visually at approximately 11.6 nm/s through the CNT). Successful soldering of a copper-filled CNT onto another CNT using a nanorobotic manipulator shows promise for nano spot welding, which can play a role similar to its macro counterpart for the interconnection of nano building blocks for the assembly of nanoelectronic circuits and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1425-1430
ISBN (Print)	1-4244-0601-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363184
Publication status	Published - Apr 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'07) - Rome, Italy Duration: 10 Apr 2007 → 14 Apr 2007

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Name	Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
ISSN (Print)	1050-4729

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Conference	2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'07)
Place	Italy
City	Rome
Period	10/04/07 → 14/04/07

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Dong, L., Tao, X., Zhang, L., Zhang, X., & Nelson, B. J. (2007). Nanorobotic spot welding by attogram precision metal deposition from copper-filled carbon nanotubes. In Proceedings - 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (pp. 1425-1430). Article 4209288 (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363184

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Dong, L, Tao, X, Zhang, L, Zhang, X & Nelson, BJ 2007, Nanorobotic spot welding by attogram precision metal deposition from copper-filled carbon nanotubes. in Proceedings - 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation., 4209288, Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, IEEE, pp. 1425-1430, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'07), Rome, Italy, 10/04/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363184

Nanorobotic spot welding by attogram precision metal deposition from copper-filled carbon nanotubes. / Dong, Lixin; Tao, Xinyong; Zhang, Li et al.
Proceedings - 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. IEEE, 2007. p. 1425-1430 4209288 (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation).

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Nanorobotic spot welding by attogram precision metal deposition from copper-filled carbon nanotubes

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