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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2004
Gen Hashiguchi, Takamatsu, JP;
Yutaka Mihara, Takamatsu, JP;
Takeo Fukino, Takamatsu, JP;
Takafumi Hara, Okayama, JP;
Hiroyuki Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Gen Hashiguchi, Takamatsu, JP;
Yutaka Mihara, Takamatsu, JP;
Takeo Fukino, Takamatsu, JP;
Takafumi Hara, Okayama, JP;
Hiroyuki Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Techno Network Shikoku Co., Ltd., Kagawa, JP;
AOI Electronics Co., Ltd., Kagawa, JP;
Abstract
The nano-gripper of the present invention comprises (i) a pair of armsanddisposed side by side, each armhaving a face at its front end, the front-end faces of the armsandfacing each other, (ii) and a protrusionwith a tip formed on the front-end face of each arm, the tips of the protrusionsandfacing each other, the radius of curvature of each tip being 50 nanometers or less. Each protrusionis a triangular-pyramidal silicon crystal with (001), (100), and (111) side faces.