Nanomanufacturing: A Perspective

Scalable Nanomanufacturing—A Review

This article describes the field of scalable nanomanufacturing, its importance and need, its research activities and achievements. The National Science Foundation is taking a leading role in fostering basic research in scalable nanomanufacturing (SNM). From this effort several novel nanomanufacturing approaches have been proposed, studied and demonstrated, including scalable nanopatterning. Thi...

Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing

Nanomanufacturing through Electrophotochemical Machining

--There are various techniques which can be used for the manufacture of microproducts, micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) based manufacturing .Broadly these techniques are photolithography, chemical etching, plating, laser fabrication. Micro machining may be seen as an ultra precision material removal process and by this process it is able to achieve micro form accuracy and nanometers finis...

Nanotechnology to Nanomanufacturing : Emerging Models

Science and technology are seen as important determinants for survival and growth of companies, regions and nations (Schumpter,1934) and are related to new theories of economic development, technological change and industrial innovation.(Dosi et al 1990;Romer 1990). In order to reach technology based economic growth, it is not only necessary to invest capital, intellect and time in science and ...

Aerosol processing for nanomanufacturing

Advances in nanoparticle synthesis are opening new opportunities for a broad variety of technologies that exploit the special properties of matter at the nanoscale. To realize this potential will require the development of new technologies for processing nanoparticles, so as to utilize them in a manufacturing context. Two important classes of such processing technologies include the controlled ...