ME 509: Nanomanufacturing

Dr. Neha Shukla

Assistant Professor
School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Office: North Campus, A11-4-23
IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh-175005, India
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 Nanotechnology: Science and Applications - Introduction

Nanotechnology: Science and Applications

Introduction

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 Course outline

❖ Introduction to Nanomanufacturing
❖ History of Nanomaterials
❖ Advanced Characterization Techniques
❖ Nanofabrication Techniques
❖ Thin Film Fabrication
❖ Specific Applications
❖ Recent trends in Nanomanufacturing
❖ Project Presentations

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Course Materials:

1. Textbooks:
• Emerging Nanotechnologies for Manufacturing –M.J.Jackson
• Fundamentals of Microfabrication and Nanotechnology (Marc J.Madou)
• Nanomanufacturing Handbook ( Ahmed Busnaina)
2. Online materials -John Hart (MIT-Mechanosynthesis) -Topic Search
3. Research articles in journals

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 Learning Outcomes of ME509

We should be able to…… -What is Nanotechnology/Nanomanufacturing

o Explain the fundamentals of nanoscience and nanotechnology -Why Nanomanufacturing

o Describe the role of nanomanufacturing in present/future technologies -Approach

o Characterize/Analyze nanomaterials using different methods

o Explain various additive and subtractive manufacturing methods

o Optimize conditions to control size and shape at the nanoscale

o Explain growth methods for CNT, Graphene, Si, GaAs, etc. used in nanoelectronics

o Identify and determine the fabrication process for a specific application

o Research several nanomanufacturing methods

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Single Crystal (planes in perfect order) Polycrystalline (with large crystal size)

Polycrystalline (with small crystal size) Polycrystalline (with a very small crystal size)

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Nanomaterials: They are substances that are or have been, reduced in size to the
range from 1 nm to ~ 100 nm (i.e. 1 to ~ 100 nanometers, or 1 to ~ 100 × 10-9
meters). Particles having one or more dimensions less than 100 nm.

Many properties that you encounter in materials show size dependence

“Nanotechnology”

“Nanotechnology is the ability to understand and, control, and manipulate matter

at the level of individual atoms and molecules”

“Nanotechnology is the principle of atom manipulation atom by atom through

control of the structure of matter at the molecular level” -Eric Drexler
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 Historical developments in size reduction

Laptop
In 1945, computers took up the entire room like ENIAC
(Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)
Data Storage (Memory)

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“Nanotechnology” is defined as the
engineering of functional systems at
the molecular scale.

❖ to create materials, devices, and

systems with fundamentally new
properties and functions.

❖ small structure employing atomic

and molecular interactions to
develop efficient manufacturing
methods.

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 Manufacturing

“Manufacturing is a process that makes the raw materials into useful products”

Manufacturing Processes:

Casting: Molten metal is poured into a mould cavity for solidification

Forming: deforming into desired shape at high temperature
Fabrication processes: Joining pieces
Material removal: Machining process to remove unwanted

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 Nanomanufacturing

“Industrial scale manufacture of nanotechnology-based objects at a high

rate, low cost, and reliability”

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 Instead of incremental
improvements to existing
technologies, nanotechnology
offers disruptive, game-changing
breakthroughs and innovations
that can provide immediate
answers and solutions to help our
society, environment, and the
planet.

A prominent example is the way mRNA

vaccines for COVID-19 are delivered
through lipid nanoparticles, which is
Why Nanomanufacturing? indeed a game changer, and is based on
decades of fundamental research in
Conventional manufacturing is great for making Big products, but nanoscience and nanotechnology.

how do we make products/devices at the nanoscale?

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how do we manipulate atoms and molecules to introduce new functionalities?
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 Approach

Chemistry Milling
Crystal growth Quenching
(0-D, 1-D, 2-D particles) Lithography

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 Nanotechnology
(Hype versus Reality)

Transition from nanotechnology to nanomanufacturing is key for realizing many promises of

nanotechnology
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G.Whitesides, Faraday Discusssion143, 373-384 (2009)
 What is a Nanomaterial?

How tall are you? 1.5 m 1.5 billion nm tall !!

Human hair ~50 µm 50 × 10-6 m

Pores in skin ~ 50 µm 50 × 10-6 m

Wavelength of visible light ~ 10-7 m Less than a dimension of hair

One nanometer is 10-9 m Interatomic spacing in most materials 1 nm = 5 atoms

2 Å = 2 × 10-10 m = 0.2 × 10-9 m

Nanomaterials typically range from 1 nm to ~ 100 nm in dimension

5 atoms to 500 atoms
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 Why Nanomaterial?
Various macroscopically measured properties are based on phenomena that occur
at an altogether different size range.
Example-
Mechanical strength is measured, it comes from phenomena at a much
smaller scale in terms of
• Planes
• How the atoms are moving
• How they slip w.r.t. each other

Manipulating materials at or near this characteristic size range often results in new control
on material properties

Interesting nanostructures with unique properties

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 Types of Nanomaterial

Natural nanomaterials: Existing in nature. Bulk

Examples: smoke, volcanic dust, bacteria
Particles
Incidental nanomaterials: Unintended by-product of human
activity. Examples: Diesel exhaust, coal combustion, Nanoparticles
welding fumes
Cluster
Atoms

Clusters: Collection of atoms that enables

closed shell formation and minimizes
Engineered nanomaterials: Intentionally created, surface energy to form stable geometries
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 SYNTHESIS
Top-Down approach Bottom-Up approach
❖ Suitable for bulk ❖ Nature uses this
industrial process technique

❖ Crystal imperfections ❖ Useful for nanostructures

❖ Surface imperfections ❖ More homogeneous
chemical composition
❖ Mechanical grinding
(Ball milling) ❖ Chemical precipitation

• Identical size- mono sized

• Identical shape and morphology
Synthesis goals
• Identical composition
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• Individually dispersed- mono-dispersed
Types of Nanostructures (zero, one, and two-
dimensional)

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 Nanomanufacturing challenges

Desired Outcomes
o Process - controllability, reproducibility, repeatability, reliability
o Production - scalability, customizability, affordability, yield, efficiency, cycle time, safety
o Product - Manufacturing
o Design principles for production system -advanced manufacturing tools, platforms

Appropriate Metrics
o Precision/accuracy of placements
o Features size and resolution
o Overlay registration
o Nanostructure density, complexity, rate of forming
o Compromise: feature size and resolution vs. Processing rate

Strategies
Materials selection, unit operation/processes (e.g., screen printing),
Fabrication, packaging
National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). The “grand challenges” identified by the NNI are directly related to nanotechnology applications.
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 How do we make nanodevices?

Assumption :
Hypothetical Robot that picks nanocomponents and able to assemble into device

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Nanotechnology might one day be used to make nanoscale robots, which would measure just a
few nanometers and could ultimately be employed in other nanoscale constructions.

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 Summary

➢ Nanomaterials have dimensions of 1 to 100 nm.

➢ Nanomaterials are interesting since they enable properties not
seen in the materials.
➢ Nanomaterials can be natural, incidental, or engineered.
➢ Synthesis techniques can be top-down or bottom-up.
➢ 0-D, 1-D, 3-D nanostructures can be synthesised.
➢ Challenges related to nanomaterial work include uniformity and
safety.
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