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EPFL2023

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Zenodo2023

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EPFL2022

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EPFL2022

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EPFL2021

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EPFL2016

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EPFL2015

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Herbert Shea, Juan José Zarate

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Elsevier2015

Rotor Design Optimization for a Reaction Sphere Actuator

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2014

Intracorporeal anchoring and guiding system with permanent magnet force modulation

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EPFL2013

The alignment between institutions and technology in network industries

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EPFL2011

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Recently, a decelerator for neutral polar molecules has been presented that operates on the basis of macroscopic, three-dimensional, traveling electrostatic traps [A. Osterwalder, S. A. Meek, G. Hammer, H. Haak, and G. Meijer, Phys. Rev. A 81, 051401 (2010 ...

American Institute of Physics2011

Slotless Permanent-Magnet Machines: General Analytical Magnetic Field Calculation

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2011

Very high-speed slotless permanent-magnet motors : theory, design and validation

Pierre-Daniel Pfister

The development of very high-speed motors has evolved fascinatingly in the last few years. Due to their speed, their low weight and their high power density, the need for such motors has recently increased for various different applications. Among them, su ...

EPFL2010