Nanofabrication / manufacturing

News and Updates

No Fib: NIST Unmasks a Superfast Process for Nanoscale Machining

August 23, 2022

Cutting intricate patterns as small as several billionths of a meter deep and wide, the focused ion beam (FIB) is an essential tool for deconstructing and

Frances Lloyd poses next to a microscope.

Spotlight: Revisiting a Powerful Pioneer for the World’s Voltage Standards

March 30, 2022

Frances Lloyd was rejoining the workforce in 1977 after taking time off to raise her child. She had an impressive background. Frances worked on aircraft

Detecting mid-infrared light, one photon at a time

June 1, 2021

For some 30 years, scientists have used superconducting materials to record the tiniest specks of light imaginable — individual photons, or single particles of

Industry Impacts

Illustrative subset of parameterized shapes available for nanoscale photonic, electronic, mechanic, fluidic, and other applications.

Nanolithography Design Tools

Accurate production of nanoscale features on semiconductor chips is essential to their performance, but typical design tools cater to the dominance of straight

Projects and Programs

Chemical Functionalization and Manipulation of Nano Materials

Ongoing

This project focuses on understanding the potential for nanoscale engineered materials to advance state-of-the-art spectroscopic techniques and foster the

Neuromorphic Device Measurements

Ongoing

Neuromorphic computing is a radical new approach to information processing for artificial intelligence where, instead of using digital electronics, inspiration

Optical and Optoelectronic Materials Characterization

Ongoing

This project aims to develop rigorous measurements and methodology needed for determining optical and electrical properties of advanced materials that might be

Platform for Realizing Integrated Molecule Experiments (PRIME)

Ongoing

PRIME (Platform for Realizing Integrated Molecule Experiments) aims to establish primary, quantum-based realizations for both the radiometric watt and kelvin

Publications

Chromium Oxide – A Novel Sacrificial Layer Material for MEMS/NEMS and Micro/Nanofluidic Device Fabrication

August 1, 2022

Author(s)

Alokik Kanwal, Robert Ilic, Christopher Ray, Kerry Siebein, James Alexander Liddle

Free standing membranes for fluidic devices typically require long etching times due to the slow, diffusion limited exchange of etchant and etch products when

Single-atom trapping in a metasurface-lens optical tweezer

August 1, 2022

Author(s)

Ting-Wei Hsu, Wenqi Zhu, Tobias Thiele, Mark Brown, Scott Papp, Amit Agrawal, Cindy Regal

Single neutral atoms in optical tweezers have become an important platform for quantum simulation, computing, and metrology [1-3]. With ground-up control

Metasurface on integrated photonic platform: from mode converters to machine learning

July 20, 2022

Author(s)

Zi Wang, Yahui Xiao, Kun Liao, Tiantian Li, Hao Song, Haoshuo Chen, S M Zia Uddin, Dun Mao, Feifan Wang, Zhiping Zhou, Bo Yuan, Wei Jiang, Nikolas Fontaine, Amit Agrawal, Alan Willner, Xiaoyong Yu, Tingyi Gu

Integrated photonic circuits are created as a small form factor and robust analogue for fiber-based optical systems, from wavelength-division multiplication

An Unconventional Tradespace of Focused-Ion-Beam Machining

June 20, 2022

Author(s)

Andrew Madison, John S. Villarrubia, Kuo-Tang Liao, Joshua Schumacher, Kerry Siebein, Robert Ilic, James Alexander Liddle, Samuel M. Stavis

Software

MOSAIC

MOSAIC is a modular single-molecule analysis toolbox to decode multi-state single-molecule and nanopore time-series data. Read the documentation for additional

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