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Biological Cell Manipulation/Measurement/ Analysis under E-SEM

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Micro-Nanorobotic Manipulation Systems and Their Applications

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In this chapter, the historical development of our Environmental-Scanning Electron Microscope (E-SEM) nanomanipulation system has been presented. The working principles which enable the E-SEM system to operate under various pressure levels are explained. The design of the nanomanipulator system is presented and the derivation of its kinematics is showed and confirmed. These two systems, i.e. E-SEM and nanomanipulator, were then integrated for realizing single cells property characterizations.

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