... nanostructure was observed by an atomic force microscope (AFM), SPM-3, made by Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Japan. Phase transformation was evaluated by a laser micro-Raman spectrometer, NRS-3100, made by JASCO Co., Ltd., Japan. To evaluate the surface wettability, the contact angle of the surface...

.... , Pereira , S. F. , Urbach , H. P. , and Fried , M. , 2014 , “ Optical Characterization of Macro-, Micro- and Nanostructures Using Polarized Light ,” J. Phys. Conf. Ser. , 558 ( 1 ), p. 012008 . 10.1088/1742-6596/558/1/012008 [13] Raymond , C. , 2005 , “ Overview of Scatterometry...

.... 24 11 2016 01 02 2017 Laser processes Nanomanufacturing Nanostructure Due to the high intensity and the short pulse duration of the femtosecond laser sources, some peculiar behaviors were observed in their interaction with the material surface, in particular the generation...

...Ting-Chiang Lin; Jingzhou Zhao; Chezheng Cao; Abdolreza Javadi; Yingchao Yang; Injoo Hwang; Xiaochun Li Thermal fiber drawing process has emerged as a promising nanomanufacturing process to generate high-throughput, well aligned, and indefinitely long micro/nanostructures. However, scalable...

... Nanostructure Nanofluidics, as it applies to various fields in science and engineering, has become increasingly successful [ 1 – 4 ]. Over the past few decades, there have been many advanced researches leading to the development of technological tools, such as ion-beam lithography, atomic force...

... forming Microstructure Nanostructure Thermally Assisted Micro-Manufacturing Micro-manufacturing Technical surfaces, used in micro-electronics and micro-electromechanical systems, are increasingly enhanced with additional functionalities by microstructures [ 1 ]. A key application area...

... . Manuscript received August 15, 2014; final manuscript received August 26, 2015; published online September 22, 2015. Assoc. Editor: Martin Jun. 15 08 2014 26 08 2015 Electronic Micro machining Microstructure Nanomanufacturing Nanostructure Micro-manufacturing The emergence...

.... 16 01 2015 19 05 2015 24 06 2015 A scalable, prototype plasmonic nanomanufacturing system was designed, built, and tested for patterning nanostructures on the surfaces of drug-eluting stents (DES), the objective being to prevent the late-stent thrombosis (LST). Nanopatterning...

.... , and Gryczynski , I. , 2010 , “ Plasmonic Platforms of Self-Assembled Silver Nanostructures in Application to Fluorescence ,” J. Nanophotonics , 4 ( 1 ), p. 043516 . 10.1117/1.3500463 [5] Bai , W. L. , Gan , Q. Q. , Song , G. F. , Chen , L. H. , Kafafi , Z. , and Bartoli , F...

... will lead to improved control of particle size and morphology produced by ESI. That enhanced control will be utilized as methods are developed to guide and assemble the nanomaterials from a spray into specific nanostructures on the substrate. Funding for this project was provided by the Office...

... cylindrical nanocarriers. Nanomanufacturing Nanostructure Polymers Nanoparticles are being studied for their efficacy as nanocarriers in drug delivery, cell targeting, imaging, and sensing applications [ 1,2,3,4 ]. The shape, size, and mechanical compliance of such nanocarriers affect...

.... The thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) reveals that these improvements in the mechanical properties are obtained without drastically altering the thermal degradation pattern of the base polymer. Nanomanufacturing Nanostructure Polymers Conventional fiber-reinforced composite materials are typically...

... potentially enhance the absorption of the cell surface and consequently increase the cell efficiency. Laser ablation Laser micro machining Nanostructure 14 04 2014 20 05 2014 Solar cell technologies have been extensively investigated as a promising solution to the continued...