The design and development of mechatronic systems for micro/nano manipulation have become a crucial field study in recent years. With the increasing demand precise controlled at scale, researchers engineers focused on developing advanced capable achieving high accuracy dexterity. This abstract presents comprehensive overview key aspects involved manipulation. represent rapidly evolving with sig...

INTEGRATION OF Ag2Ga NANONEEDLES ON BATCH FABRICATED MICRO-GRIPPERS FOR MATERIAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENT PengXu March 22, 2011 In this thesis self-assembled growth of Ag2Ga nano-needles on batch fabricated micro-grippers are reported. The room temperature growth of Ag2Ga nano-needles have been recently developed as stylus for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Integration of such nano-needles onto bat...

The dispersion and manipulation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are of great importance if we are to utilise the unique properties of CNTs in a range of biological, electrical and mechanical applications. Recently, a designed amphiphilic peptide helix termed nano-1 has been shown to solubilise CNTs in aqueous solution. Furthermore, the peptide is capable of assembling these coated tubes into fibres....

The integration of nano structures with opto-electronic devices has many potential applications. It allows the coupling of more light into or out of the device while decreasing the size of the device itself. Such devices are reported in the VIS and NIR regions. However, making plasmonic structures for the UV region is still a challenge. Here, we report on a UV nano-antenna integrated metal semi...