The basis of Nanotechnology is micro- or nano positioning. Piezoelectric crystals achieve high resolution down to the atomic scale. Drawback of this technique is the limited stroke of only a few µm. This drawback is overcome by the patented Nanomotor: It has a positioning stroke up to some centimeters while operating with atomic resolution and thus builds a bridge over eight orders of magnitude, see its very small dimensions shown
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