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nanofabrication

American  
[nan-oh-fab-ri-kay-shuhn, nay-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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The idea resembles winding optical fiber around a spool, but nanofabrication makes it possible to fit the path into a far smaller footprint.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

With modern nanofabrication tools and a better understanding of how light and matter interact, we can now structure metasurfaces to produce any pattern, color and optical feature we can think of.

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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