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nanofabrication

American  
[nan-oh-fab-ri-key-shuhn, ney-noh-] / ˌnæn oʊˌfæb rɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌneɪ noʊ- /

noun

  1. the design and manufacture of products and structures, especially electronic devices, with dimensions measured in nanometers.


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Gumenyuk notes that the network will support the creation of new products and more efficient processes, including innovations in optical components and nanofabrication.

From Science Daily Nov. 24, 2025

We expect many more wonders, given the enormous opportunities that modern nanofabrication techniques, our improved understanding of light-matter interactions, and sophisticated materials science and engineering present us.

From Scientific American Nov. 18, 2022

She worked on a patent that stemmed from an idea for a pill that could deliver antibiotics based off communications with a handheld device, and studied nanofabrication.

From Seattle Times Nov. 19, 2021

“We play with nanofabrication techniques and do things a normal cell biologist would never do,” he says.

From Nature Nov. 6, 2018

Calling up a handful of researchers—working in fields ranging from synthetic biology and molecular communication to nanofabrication and computer engineering—I was surprised to find that they mostly deal with more quotidian misconceptions.

From Slate Sep. 29, 2016

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