A carbon nanotube vibration gyroscope based on field emission

Zhan Yang, Masahiro Nakajima, Yajing Shen, Tao Yue, Sun Lining, Qiang Huang, Toshio Fukuda

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Abstract

A gyroscope based on Coriolis effect and fabricated by Carbon Nanotube (CNT) was presented. The gyroscope was designed A CNT is vibration at x direction, when there a rotation around z direction, acceleration happens to the y direction. The natural frequency of MWCNT is depending on the inner diameter, outer diameter and length. The CNT was driven by the electrostatic force to its nature frequency. A CNT with a length of 1 μm was used for emitter and an anode with a bias angle is etched by Focused Ion Beam (FIB) which is set to the opposite to the CNT. An electrode is set near the CNT tip, which is employed to pulling the CNT for mechanical resonances by an AC voltage. The CNT with a resonate frequency of 1 MHz and mechanical quality factor Q of ∼400 was tested at rotation speed of 20 rad.s.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 13th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO 2013
Pages51-56
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event2013 13th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO 2013 - Beijing, China
Duration: 5 Aug 20138 Aug 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology
ISSN (Print)1944-9399
ISSN (Electronic)1944-9380

Conference

Conference2013 13th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period5/08/138/08/13

Keywords

  • CNT
  • Field Emission
  • Gyroscope
  • Nanorobotic Manipulation
  • Resonate Carbon Nanotube

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