nanofabrication
Building extremely small
Nanofabrication is the design and manufacture of devices with features measured in nanometers—billionths of a meter, the scale of molecules and atoms.
The field encompasses techniques for building structures too small to see with ordinary microscopes: computer chips, sensors, medical devices.
Advances in nanofabrication have enabled processors with transistors smaller than a virus.
Grease-based flat plate printing
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- sputteringParticle ejection from surfaces
- patterningSystematic arrangement creation
photolithography · metallization · doping · electroplating · annealing · oxidation · lift-off · self-assembly
Thin crisp disk
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- siliconMetalloid in electronics
- dielectricPolarizable electrical non-conductor
photomask · interconnect · gate · oxide · substrate · cleanroom · thin-film · doping
Hollow molecular cylinders
- grapheneMonolayer carbon hexagonal lattice
- nanowiresAtom-scale conductive strands
- nanoparticlesUltrafine material fragments
- core-shellLayered particle architecture
Physics applied to life
- biomimicryDesign imitating natural systems
- bionicsNature-inspired technology design
- self-assemblySpontaneous structural organization
- biocompatibilityHarmlessness to living systems
Circuitry at billionth-meter dimensions
- nanomedicineMolecular-level medical technology
- biosensorsDevices detecting via biological reactions
- photonicsLight particle science and engineering
- nanorobotsAtom-scale autonomous machines
MEMS · drug-delivery · displays · sensors · actuators · implants · diagnostics
Formal decision or determination
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- characterizationDescribing distinctive qualities
- imagingProducing visual representations
measurement · inspection · nanometer · calibration · spectroscopy · overlay
lithography
Grease-based flat plate printing
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- sputteringParticle ejection from surfaces
patterning · photolithography · metallization · doping · electroplating · annealing · oxidation · lift-off · self-assembly
wafer
Thin crisp disk
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- siliconMetalloid in electronics
dielectric · photomask · interconnect · gate · oxide · substrate · cleanroom · thin-film · doping · junction
nanotubes
Hollow molecular cylinders
- grapheneMonolayer carbon hexagonal lattice
- nanowiresAtom-scale conductive strands
- nanoparticlesUltrafine material fragments
biophysics
Physics applied to life
- biomimicryDesign imitating natural systems
- bionicsNature-inspired technology design
- self-assemblySpontaneous structural organization
nanoelectronics
Circuitry at billionth-meter dimensions
- nanomedicineMolecular-level medical technology
- biosensorsDevices detecting via biological reactions
- photonicsLight particle science and engineering
nanorobots · MEMS · drug-delivery · displays · sensors · actuators · implants · diagnostics
resolution
Formal decision or determination
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- characterizationDescribing distinctive qualities
imaging · measurement · inspection · nanometer · calibration · spectroscopy · overlay
nanofabricationindustrial manufacturing
Large-scale goods fabrication
heavy industry · civil engineering · shipbuilding · construction · mass production
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