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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Andreas Karl Schmid, Berkeley, CA (US);
Nord Andresen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Andreas Karl Schmid, Berkeley, CA (US);
Nord Andresen, Berkeley, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a motorized manipulator for positioning a TEM specimen holder with sub-micron resolution parallel to a y-z plane and rotating the specimen holder in the y-z plane, the manipulator comprising a base (), and attachment means () for attaching the specimen holder to the manipulator, characterized in that the manipulator further comprises at least three nano-actuators () mounted on the base, each nano-actuator showing a tip (), the at least three tips defining the y-z plane, each tip capable of moving with respect to the base in the y-z plane; a platform () in contact with the tips of the nano-actuators; and clamping means () for pressing the platform against the tips of the nano-actuators; as a result of which the nano-actuators can rotate the platform with respect to the base in the y-z plane and translate the platform parallel to the y-z plane.