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Nanorobotic Manipulator Assisted Assembly of Complex Nanostructures based on

Carbon Nanotubes

• A series of in situ nanofabrication technique of CNTs including cutting, bending and welding inside the SEM were reported.

• A gas supplying system was built for cutting, bending and welding techniques.

• A 3D nanostructure, the letter N, was assembled from a single CNT and set to stand on a surface of a substrate by using nanofabrication techniques and nanomanipulation.

Pou Liu1, Kalle Kantola2, Toshio Fukuda1 and Fumihito Arai3 1Dept. of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering, Nagoya Univ., Japan

2Dept. of Automation and Systems Engineering, Helsinki Univ. of Tech., Finland

3Dept. of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku Univ., Japan

Assembly of a 3D nanostructure with a single CNT