Issue 19 of Nanooze: In this issue of Nanooze we will explore nano-manufacturing and the ways that new technology has made it possible to create nanometersized objects and devices using a whole new set of innovative materials. A nanometer is one billionth (1/ 1,000,000,000) of a meter. When you get to that kind of small (really, really, unbelievably small), making things isn’t easy. It isn’t like putting together two tiny pieces of wood with a tiny nail and a tiny hammer (and pretty good aim). Nano-manufacturing requires a whole new set of tools and equally important materials. Traditional nanofabrication using photolithography is limited to certain types of materials (such as silicon) and a limited number of shapes and sizes. Over the past few years, the notion of what you can make at the nanoscale has expanded. Nano-manufacturing has the potential to create super small things that can move around electrons (that’s really tiny) and other complex things like liquids and even cells.
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Topics in this issue include
- Q&A with Professor and Materials Scientist, Rob Shepherd
- Tiny Gizmos!
- Additive Manufacturing
- Making Tiny Moving Parts
- The World’s Smallest Motor