Title :
Geometry and surface morphology effects for Catalytic Nano-Mobile Robot
Author :
Bao, Jingjing ; Nakajima, Masahiro ; Yang, Zhan ; Shen, Yajing ; Tajima, Hirotaka ; Fukuda, Toshio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Micro-Nano Syst. Eng., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we develop the Catalytic Nano-mobile Robot (CNMR) by Focus Ion Beam (FIB), which can swim in hydrogen peroxide solution as a novel type of nano machine. And then an effective and stable manipulation method in sub micrometer scale and liquid environment is shown to operate the fabricated nano-mobile robot. Following up the manipulation method, we get the movement of the nano-mobile robot. And then the effects of geometry and surface morphology of CNMR on its movement are evaluated. The evaluations show that the geometry of CNMR can have effect on the trajectory greatly, and the surface morphology can also influence the direction of the oxygen bubbles propulsion force.
Keywords :
focused ion beam technology; geometry; hydrogen compounds; mobile robots; nanofabrication; sputter etching; CNMR; FIB; catalytic nano-mobile robot; fabricated nano-mobile robot; focus ion beam etching; geometry effects; hydrogen peroxide solution; manipulation method; nano machine; oxygen bubbles propulsion force; surface morphology effects; Equations; Force; Nanobioscience; Polymers; Robots;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2012 12th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Birmingham
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2198-3
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2012.6322036