Currently, the focus of additive manufacturing (AM) is shifting from simple prototyping to
actual production. One driving factor of this process is the ability of AM to build geometries …

“Nanofabrication” is the process of making functional structures with arbitrary patterns
having minimum dimensions currently defined (more-or-less arbitrarily) to be e100 nm …

Beams of electrons and ions are now fairly routinely focused to dimensions in the nanometer
range. Since the beams can be used to locally alter material at the point where they are …

Continued progress in the electronics industry depends on downsizing, to a few
micrometers, the wire bonds required for wiring integrated chips into circuit boards. We …

Focused electron-beam-induced (FEB-induced) deposition and etching are versatile, direct-
write nanofabrication schemes that allow for selective deposition or removal of a variety of …

Focused ion beam (FIB) technology has become increasingly popular in the fabrication of
nanoscale structures. In this paper, the recent developments of the FIB technology are …

Focused ion beam (FIB) technology has become increasingly attractive for the fabrication of
micro/nano structures for the purpose of the demands in industry and research. In this paper …

In recent years, kirigami–the ancient art of paper-cutting–has been widely studied by
scientists and engineers in various fields such as structural mechanics, materials, optics …

Novel schemes based on the design of complex three-dimensional (3D) nanoscale
architectures are required for the development of the next generation of advanced electronic …

Novel physical properties appear when the size of a superconductor is reduced to the
nanoscale, in the range of its superconducting coherence length (ξ0). Such …