All Applications

Imina Technologies micromanipulators can be used in a variety of applications where precision and deftness are necessary at microscale and nanoscale. These use cases represent a non exhaustive list of examples where the main benefits of the miBot™ nanomanipulators are demonstrated. Learn more about these benefits.

AFM Probe Tip Decoration

Materials Science

Nanoparticles manipulation and assembly.

LED testing

Electronics

Electrical testing of LED or other electronic components.

Nanowires Manipulation

Materials Science

in situ characterization of nanowires inside a SEM.

TEM Sample Preparation

Materials Science

Deposition of an 80 nm nanowire on TEM grid inside a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).

Single cell manipulation

Life Science
Manipulation and interaction with single cells.

Wafer probing

Electronics

Assisted electrical probing for fast repetitive operations on wafers

Bending of Nanowires

Materials Science

Calculate the Young's modulus of a nanowire.

MEMS / NEMS Testing

Electronics

Deformation of an AFM cantilever observed at the SEM.

4-Point Probing

Electronics

4-point probe measurement on semiconductor Si nanowires.

Fiber Optic Positioning

Photonics

Nanometer precision optical fiber positioner.

Micro-Dissection of Brain Slices

Life Science

Sample preparation of mouse brain tissue slices by micro- dissection for electrophysiology experiments

MEMS Membrane Resonator

Electronics

Dynamic characterization of a MEMS membrane resonator by Digital Holographic Microscopy

NEMS Resonator

Electronics

In situ SEM characterization of the fracture strength of a single-crystal silicon nanowire resonator

Thin-Film Transistors Probing

Electronics

I-V characterization of graphene based TFTs