Nanofabrication, Nanomanufacturing, and Nanoprocessing Programs & Projects

The Magnetics Group's program in magnetodynamics and spin electronics develops new measurement techniques to characterize the high frequency … more

At the heart of nanotechnology is the need to create nanostructures, which are material structures whose dimensions are in the nanometer scale. … more

Aspheric surfaces are indispensable in high-performance optical systems. The ability to accurately manufacture these surfaces to the required … more

We are advancing the measurement of dimension and function of engineered nanoparticles for biomedical research, manufacturing, and environmental … more

MATLAB Software [1-2] developed and referenced within Fluctuations and Nanoscale Control projects are available for download from this page. If you … more

Measuring interactions between light and matter has both fundamental and practical importance. For example, lasers have had a profound influence … more

The semiconductor industry’s remarkable progress in making integrated circuits smaller, faster and cheaper relies on continual … more

Tribology is the science and technology of interacting surfaces in relative motion and includes studies of friction, adhesion, lubrication, and … more

Over the past decade nanoscale science has produced varied and fascinating nanostructures with an extraordinary range of interesting and useful … more

To advance the development of miniaturized systems, there is a need to place nanostructured materials in very precise locations. Only then can … more

One of the major obstacles to incorporating nanotechnology into everyday products is the difficulty of making nanoscale structures inexpensively … more

The behavior and properties of macroscale objects are stable and predictable because they are the result of the average behavior of very large … more

One challenge of nanomanufacturing is to establish methods to assemble solution-based nanoparticles into organized structures with nanometer … more

We study how material properties, surface topography, and contaminants affect the distribution of light scattered from surfaces. Our aim is to … more

This program aims to develop standards, methods, and modeling for assessing the periodic structures using optical reflectance and transmittance … more