Modelling, control and simulation of a micro electro-mechanical actuator (MEMS) for micro-gripper operation in DNA manipulation
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This project deals with the modelling, control and simulation of a micro electro-mechanical actuator for micromechatronical tweezers in DNA-manipulation processes. I. THE MICRO-MECHATRONICAL PROCESS The manipulation of biological molecules by using micromechanical and optical devices such as: magnetic tweezers [1], [2], optical tweezers [3], AFM cantilevers [4] and microfibers [5], [6], are nowadays possible thanks to the impressive technological progresses of the last years. This type of manipulation is of particular interest for the characterization of basic properties of biological molecules such as DNA molecules [7]. Silicon nanotweezers, (Figure 1). !! !!! Introduction Biocharacterizations on DNA Control of tweezers Conclusions Single molecule techniques Silicon nanotweezers for DNA experiments Design of the silicon nanotweezers
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