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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Nanomanufacturing"”.
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Design of nanomanufacturing systems
… this work presents methods for designing nanomanufacturing systems, including the development of new technology to fulfill the unique performance requirements of nanomanufacturing processes. First, an introduction to nanomanufacturing and the differences between macro-scale and nano-scale …
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Nanomanufacturing for biological sensing applications
… a technological impact in electronic devices, nanomanufacturing techniques must be established for the reliable and reproducible creation of devices with nanomaterials as the active component. In this thesis, the incorporation of 3-20 nm diameter ligand coated gold nanoparticles into an …
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HIGH TEMPERATURE NANOMANUFACTURING FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
… temperature engineering of nanomaterials toward nanomanufacturing. We developed facile, highly stable and controllable heating strategies for micro/nanoscale high temperature engineering. Ultrahigh temperature annealing (>2500 K) is applied to carbon nanomaterials to address the defects and poor …
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Scaleable nanomanufacturing of metasurfaces using microsphere photolithography
<p>“The cost-effective manufacturing of metasurfaces over large areas is a critical issue that limits their implementations. Microsphere photolithography (MPL) uses a scalable self-assembled microsphere array as an optical element to focus collimated light to nanoscale photonic jets in a …
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High-throughput plasma nanomanufacturing and its applications
Traditional top-down or bottom-up nanomanufacturing processes involve nanoscale pre-patterning, surface-area-sensitive assembly processes or extreme fabrication conditions; therefore, none of them meets the requirements of scalable and translational nanomanufacturing processes in one or more …
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Tip-based nanomanufacturing and metrology of heterogeneous nanostructures
This dissertation presents controlled fabrication and chemical identification of heterogeneous nanostructures using atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilevers. Fabrication and integration of different chemical structures at the nanometer scale is essential for constructing the next generation of …
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Harnessing Solid-State Ionic Transport for Nanomanufacturing and Nanodevices
Through this work a new all-solid, ambient processing condition direct metal patterning technique has been developed and characterized. This ionic-transport-based patterning technique is capable of sub-50nm feature resolution under ambient conditions. It generates features with a rate that is …
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3D micro and nanomanufacturing via folding of 2D membranes
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2003.
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Nanomanufacturing of functional nanostructured surfaces for efficient light transport
Nanostructured surfaces have given rise to many unique optical properties, such as broadband anti-reflectivity, structural coloring effects, and enhanced light extraction from high refractive index materials due to their potential to modulate optical behavior on their surfaces. This thesis focuses …
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Flow-Induced Self Assembly in Micellar Fluids with Applications to Nanomanufacturing
Structure and rheology of surfactant solutions are very sensitive to electrostatic interactions and flow deformation. The objectives of this experimental study have been to uncover the essential physics of structure transitions in surfactant solutions under simple shear as well as porous medium …
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Experimentally validated 3D MD model for AFM-based tip-based nanomanufacturing
<p>In order to control AFM-based TBN to produce precise nano-geometry efficiently, there is a need to conduct a more focused study of the effects of different parameters, such as feed, speed, and depth of cut on the process performance and outcome. This is achieved by experimentally validating a MD …
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Scalable and durable macro-micro-nanomanufacturing of functional interfaces and devices
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Surface instabilities and interfacial phenomena for nanomanufacturing at the atomically-thin limit
… toolset of capabilities towards layer-by-layer nanomanufacturing at the atomically-thin limit. This dissertation details new methods that have been developed to deterministically create hierarchical and deformed 2D materials via large-scale elastic strain engineering and controlled shape memory …
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Development of a nanomanufacturing line to support dip-pen nanolithography on a massive scale
A manufacturing line to support dip pen nanolithography on a massive scale is justified and described. Appropriate machines are evaluated based on key parameters such as cost, rate, and resolution. Methods for comparing lines are discussed, and solutions for lowest cost and fastest lines are …
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Novel nanomanufacturing methods for bottom-up III-V nanowires and van der Waals epitaxy of monolayer MoS2
Nano materials such as nanowires and 2-dimensional (2-D) molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) have received tremendous attention over the past few decades. Numerous applications have been proposed such as nanowire MOSFETs, nanowire electrical generators, nanowire biosensors, nanowire single photon …
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Design of a low-cost meso-scale, detachable fixturing system for probe-based nanomanufacturing equipment and instruments
… system for use in alignment in probe-based nanomanufacturing. The fixturing system will be applied specifically to a nanopositioning system developed for the functionalization of DNA via dip pen nanolithography. A ball and groove kinematic coupling design was modified by the addition of …
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Design and engineering of low-cost centimeter-scale repeatable and accurate kinematic fixtures for nanomanufacturing equipment using magnetic preload and potting
… kinematic coupling fixture for use in nanomanufacturing equipment. The fixture uses magnetic circuit design techniques to optimize the magnetic preload required to achieve repeatability on the order of 100 nanometers. The fixture achieves accuracy to within one micrometer via an …
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Origami-inspired nanofabrication utilizing physical and magnetic properties of in situ grown carbon nanotubes
… nanostructures that can be used in a variety of nanomanufacturing applications. However, process and material compatibility issues have prevented the nanotubes from becoming more fully integrated into various micro- and nanomanufacturing applications. In this thesis, the integration of in situ …
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Non-lithographic and scalable manufacturing of silicon micro & nanomaterials
… and light-weight composites. Novel micro/nanomanufacturing methods - such as 2D and 3D printing, imprinting, self-assembly, deterministic micro-assembly, flexography, and roll-to-roll systems - are among a growing set of new platforms that allow for integration of metals, polymers, oxides, …
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