Journal: Micro and Nanosystems
Guest editor(s): Ankit Oza
Co-Guest Editor(s):

Introduction

This Special Issue primarily focuses on enabling technologies that facilitate optimization, designing, Characterization, machining, and manufacturing approaches for micro/nano systems used in different domains: electrical, mechanical, thermal, magnetic, optic, fluidic. This paper collection organizes and disseminates recent research, theories, and practices relevant to areas of micro-system designing, machining, and manufacturing technology to improve the industrial performance and reliability of micro/nanodevices such as integrated circuits, MEMS, micro/nanosystems, micro actuators, and micro/nano sensors etc.. The Special Issue emphasizes the potential for interdisciplinary interactions between conventional and advanced modeling and fabrication and machining approaches that can include cutting-edge micro/nanomanufacturing processes as a source of new information.

Keywords

Micromanufacturing, Nanosystems, Designing, Optimization, Characterization, machining, MEMS, Micro-Devices

Sub-topics

The sub-topics to be covered within the issue should be provided:

Ø  Utilize multi-physical modelling methodologies for micro/nano systems design

Ø  Integrate technical knowledge to manage the complexity of MEMS

Ø  Digital aids to optimize process, test quality and reliability of micro/nanodevices

Ø  Computer-Aided Design (CAD) of Microfluidic Devices

Ø  CAD for Microelectromechanical Systems

Ø  Nano systems

Ø  Design and manufacture of Biomedical Microdevices

Ø  Energy conversion and storage (e.g. solar cells, energy harvesting, batteries)

Ø  Analytical mathematical methods, numeric methods, or their hybrid combinations for microsystem design

Ø  Design of an integrated strain gauge sensor and a wireless sensor system for pressure measurement

Ø  Methodologies for design and optimization of microsystems

Ø  Nanoparticles and nanocrystals

Ø  Characterization, verification, and reliability of microsystems

Ø  Microfabrication plus assembly and packaging technologies

Ø  Generative design for multi-layered device components

Ø  Digital Twins for ultra-precision manufacturing processes

Ø   Nanostructured and nanoarchitectured materials

Ø   Nanocarbons (e.g. carbon dots, graphene, nanotubes, fullerenes)

Ø   2D materials (e.g. flat allotropes, planar extended compounds, TMDCs, MXenes)

Ø   Self-assemblies and directed assemblies of molecules and nanoparticles

Ø   Films, membranes, coatings, surfaces, and interfacial materials

Ø   Nanoporous and mesoporous materials

Ø   Soft matter (e.g. biomaterials, polymers, aerogels, foams, granular matter)

Ø   Hierarchical structures and molecular-particle networks

Ø   Inorganic-organic hybrids and nanocomposites

Ø   Nanoceramics, metals, and alloys

Ø  Machine Learning approach in Micromanufacturing processes

Ø  Machine learning algorithms for manufacturing, manufacturing system simulation and modelling for materials processing

Ø  Advanced manufacturing models towards the new requirements of the Manufacturing Industry 4.0

Ø  AI in Micromanufacturing processes and informatics

Ø  Role of IoT and Cloud in micro-manufacturing process

Ø  Nanotechnology-based design and development of new products for managing health system

Ø  Impacts of advanced design of polymeric and biodegradable nano-bio materials in healthcare applications

Ø  Various design optimization methods to optimize shape & size, topography in the domain of advanced micro-manufacturing

Ø  Modeling and Simulation in micromanufacturing: A Mathematical and/or computational approach