NANOMANUFACTURING

NANOMANUFACTURING

			Edited by Shaochen Chen, University of Texas at Austin, USA
			October 2010 301 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 1-58883-144-2 US$399.00

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Nanomanufacturing capitalizes on the special material properties and processing capabilities at the nanoscale, promotes the integration of nanostructures into functional micro- and nano-devices and meso/macroscale architectures and systems, and addresses interfacing issues across dimensional scales. Nanomanufacturing affords nanotechnology the ability to be massively produced, reliable, robust, and inexpensive. Nanomanufacturing also raises concerns about the impact of nanofabrication processes and by-products, as well as their societal impacts. This book, entitled Nanomanufacturing, presents an overview of the emerging field of nanomanufacturing and is a review of current nanomanufacturing technologies, including those currently in development, and looks at the challenges faced in realizing the large-scale production of nanotechnology. The book includes 12 review chapters composed by leading authorities and emerging researchers on various topics such as nanowire-based devices, liquid jet printing, laser processing for self-organizing structures and lithography, nanoscale electro-machining, and many others. Furthermore, the role the public plays in nanomanufacturing is addressed through the societal impacts of nanomanufacturing section. The content is intended for a technical audience at various levels and covers topics relevant to electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, materials science, chemistry, and physics.

CONTENTS

	Laser Nanosphere Lithography
	Liquid Jet Printing Techniques
	Nanomanufacturing of Nanoscale Metallic Structures by Self-Organization from Fast Pulsed Laser Induced Dewetting
	Massively Parallel and Manufacturable Fabrication Processes for Nanowire-Based Devices and Circuits,
	Nanoscale Electromachining: Towards the Development of an Electric Discharge Based Machining System at the Nanoscale
	Nanomaterial Synthesis and Nanodevice Fabrication by Laser Chemical Processing
	Multiscale Assembly: Design, Processes, and Complexity
	Nanomanufacturing of Metal Matrix Nanocomposites
	Pulsed Laser Nano-Structuring Using Near-Field Optics
	Micro/Nanostructures for Measuring Cellular Forces in Cardiac Myocytes
	Near Field Optics of Nanoscale Ridge Apertures and Their Application in Nanolithography
	Societal Impacts of Nanomanufacturing
	And much more ……………..

READERSHIP

The book is intended for a wide range of audience working in the field of nanotechnology, lithography, chemistry, physics, materials science, laser science, electrical and optical engineering.