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Robotic assembly of artificial nanomaterials

Nature Nanotechnology volume 13, pages 441–442 (2018)Cite this article

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An automated robotic system is capable of assembling 2D van der Waals heterostructures of unprecedented complexity in a timely fashion.

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  1. Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanociencia), Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

    Riccardo Frisenda

  2. Materials Science Factory, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain

    Andres Castellanos-Gomez

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Frisenda, R., Castellanos-Gomez, A. Robotic assembly of artificial nanomaterials. Nature Nanotech 13, 441–442 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0156-5

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