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Nature Materials 5, 9 - 10 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nmat1555

Micromanipulation: Stick and place

Ned Bowden1

  1. Ned Bowden is in the Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. e-mail: ned-bowden@uiowa.edu


Systems in optoelectronics, (bio)sensors and actuators rely on the integration of heterogeneous components. Such integration will be aided by a simple technique — based on soft adhesion to an elastomeric stamp — for transferring microscopic objects to a wide range of surfaces.

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