Piezoelectric-driven stick-slip actuators have been drawing extensive attention in various
applications of long-range and ultraprecision positioning. In such an actuator, the dynamics …

Nanorobotic systems using piezoelectric stick-slip actuators are widely used in
nanotechnology. They operate mainly in a coarse-positioning mode and a fine-positioning …

Nanoparticle suspensions are known to offer a variety of benefits for thermal transport and
energy conversion. Of particular relevance here are the vast changes to the radiative …

Bristle friction force models have been used by many as a preferred method for modeling
friction forces. The original bristle friction force model is one-dimensional. It represents the …

This paper describes substantial investigations on stick-slip micro drives. The drives are the
basis for miniaturized micro-and nanohandling robots, which are usually driven by piezo …

This paper investigates the sensitivity of nanoparticle parameters in a robust controlled
process, by a compatible nanomanipulation model consisting of all effective phenomena in …

This study examines effects of three friction models: a steady-state friction model (SS model),
the LuGre model (LG model), and the revised LuGre model (RLG model) on the motion …

Atomic force microscopes have been widely used for nanomanipulation in recent years.
Since the task of nanomanipulation is tedious for humans, and it is desirable to have a …

The advent of miniaturization and transition from the macro world to the micro/nano world
has brought into existence materials with more ratio of area to volume. In transition from the …

This paper addresses modeling issues for a class of nano-robotic systems using
piezoelectric stick-slip actuators. The work focuses on the friction force modeling to describe …