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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Example Sentences

The researchers soon realized that what they were looking at was nanofabrication of photonic crystals by nature.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

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

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

From Nature • Nov. 6, 2018

Indeed, it’s their differing approaches to the process of nanofabrication that enable “the really revolutionary breakthroughs,” he said.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2016

Working at the intersection of fundamental photonics and nanofabrication engineering to design silicon-based photonics circuits that are paving the way for practical optical computing devices.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2010