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However, by virtue of the two-dimensional (2D) nature of photolithography, formation of complex 3D shape architectures via monolithic microfabrication is inherently limited, which would otherwise enable improvements in performance and novel functionalities of devices. Furthermore, monolithic microfabrication is compatible only with materials which survive in a wet condition during photolithography. Delicate nanomaterials such as colloidal quantum dots cannot be processed via monolithic microfabrication. In this context, transfer printing has emerged as a method to transfer heterogeneous material pieces from their mother substrates to a foreign substrate utilizing a polymeric stamp in a dry condition. In this thesis, advanced modes of transfer printing are studied and optimized to enable a 3D microassembly called ‘micro-Lego’ and a novel strategy of quantum dot film integration. Micro-Lego involves transfer printing for material piece pick-and-place and thermal joining for irreversible permanent bonding of placed material pieces. A microtip elastomeric stamp is designed to advance transfer printing and thermal joining processes are optimized to ensure subsequent material bonding. The mechanical joining strength between material pieces assembled by micro-Lego are characterized by means of blister tests and the nanoindentation. Moreover, the electrical contact between two conducting materials formed by micro-Lego are examined. Lastly, inspired from the subtractive transfer printing technique, protocols of quantum dot film patterning using polymeric stamps made of a shape memory polymer as well as a photoresist are established for the convenient integration of quantum dots in various geometries and configurations as desired. 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However, by virtue of the two-dimensional (2D) nature of photolithography, formation of complex 3D shape architectures via monolithic microfabrication is inherently limited, which would otherwise enable improvements in performance and novel functionalities of devices. Furthermore, monolithic microfabrication is compatible only with materials which survive in a wet condition during photolithography. Delicate nanomaterials such as colloidal quantum dots cannot be processed via monolithic microfabrication. In this context, transfer printing has emerged as a method to transfer heterogeneous material pieces from their mother substrates to a foreign substrate utilizing a polymeric stamp in a dry condition. In this thesis, advanced modes of transfer printing are studied and optimized to enable a 3D microassembly called ‘micro-Lego’ and a novel strategy of quantum dot film integration. 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