A micro-scale gripper uses a liquid-permeable surface to handle fragile components like chips and thin films without applying mechanical force or contact. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Micromanipulation may ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, used liquid crystal elastomer technology to demonstrate a series of micro-tools grown on optical fibers. The 200-micrometer ...

The fiber gripper Grippy 3 offered by piezosystem jena has been designed for use in applications like handling of fibers and samples manipulation e.g. microoptics. Based on its characteristics, the ...

Picking up dropped sewing needles can be tricky enough, so imagine the problems of manipulating objects on the microscale. To try and make such tasks easier, US scientists have now developed a ...

Researchers at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, used the liquid crystal elastomer technology to demonstrate a series of micro-tools grown on optical fibers. The 200-micrometer gripers are ...