Plenary lecture 4: “Nano robotic manipulation and assembly for manufacturing nano sensors and devices”

Nanotechnology will allow us to build devices enormously smaller than before and will bring fundamental changes to the disciplines such as engineering, chemistry, medicine, biology, and physics. The research in nano manipulation and nano assembly is tremendously important because most physical magnitudes characterizing nano scale systems significantly differ from those familiar in macro, meso, and micro systems. In this presentation, the theoretical foundation as well as the development of the atomic force microscopy (AFM) based nano robotic system will be discussed. Furthermore, the development of nano manufacturing processes will also be addressed. The topics will include nano material purification, delivering, assembly, as well as packaging and testing. The examples of manufacturing nano sensors and electronic devices such as Carbon Nanotube based infrared detectors will be presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency the nano manufacturing processes.