Chapter 1
Introduction to Laser Micro-to-Nano
Manufacturing
Anming Hu, Ruozhou Li, Shi Bai, Yongchao Yu, Weiping Zhou,
Denzel Bridges, Yangbao Deng, and Lingyue Zhang
Abstract Laser-based micro-to-nanomanufacturing becomes attractive in surface
engineering, precising machining and 2D and 3D microprinting. This chapter introduces the fundamental of light-nanomaterial interaction, the size effect and scaling
of nanomaterials and the surface plasmonic excitation of nanomaterials. We focus on
the unique features of energy and mass transporting at a nanoscale under photonic
excitation. For photonic manufacturing, we mainly compare the photothermal effect
induced by long pulse (long than 1 picosecond) or continue wave laser to the
nonthermal effect induced by an ultrafast pulsed laser (shorter than 1 picoseconds).
We review various laser-based processing, such as, photonic reduction, sintering,
laser direct writing and laser carbonization. Subsequently we reviewed two kinds of
key techniques for micro-to-nanomanufacturing: various micro-to-nano manipulations and nanojoining. On the basis of these reviews, we introduce latest progresses
on innovative molecular devices, near-field manufacturing and super-resolution
manufacturing.
A. Hu (B) · Y. Yu · D. Bridges · L. Zhang
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee
Knoxville, 1512 Middle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
e-mail: a2hu@uwaterloo.ca
R. Li
College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College Microelectronics, Nanjing University of
Post and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
S. Bai
Advanced Laser Processing Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN, 2-1
Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
W. Zhou
School of Physics and Electronic Science, Hunan University of Science and Technology,
Xiang’tan 411201, China
Y. Deng
All-Solid-State Energy Storage Materials and Devices Key Laboratory of Hunan Province,
College of Information and Electronic Engineering, Hunan City University, Yiyang 413000, China
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. Hu (ed.), Laser Micro-Nano-Manufacturing and 3D Microprinting, Springer Series
in Materials Science 309, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59313-1_1
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Introduction to Laser Micro-to-Nano
Manufacturing
Anming Hu, Ruozhou Li, Shi Bai, Yongchao Yu, Weiping Zhou,
Denzel Bridges, Yangbao Deng, and Lingyue Zhang
Abstract Laser-based micro-to-nanomanufacturing becomes attractive in surface
engineering, precising machining and 2D and 3D microprinting. This chapter introduces the fundamental of light-nanomaterial interaction, the size effect and scaling
of nanomaterials and the surface plasmonic excitation of nanomaterials. We focus on
the unique features of energy and mass transporting at a nanoscale under photonic
excitation. For photonic manufacturing, we mainly compare the photothermal effect
induced by long pulse (long than 1 picosecond) or continue wave laser to the
nonthermal effect induced by an ultrafast pulsed laser (shorter than 1 picoseconds).
We review various laser-based processing, such as, photonic reduction, sintering,
laser direct writing and laser carbonization. Subsequently we reviewed two kinds of
key techniques for micro-to-nanomanufacturing: various micro-to-nano manipulations and nanojoining. On the basis of these reviews, we introduce latest progresses
on innovative molecular devices, near-field manufacturing and super-resolution
manufacturing.
A. Hu (B) · Y. Yu · D. Bridges · L. Zhang
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee
Knoxville, 1512 Middle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
e-mail: a2hu@uwaterloo.ca
R. Li
College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College Microelectronics, Nanjing University of
Post and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
S. Bai
Advanced Laser Processing Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN, 2-1
Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
W. Zhou
School of Physics and Electronic Science, Hunan University of Science and Technology,
Xiang’tan 411201, China
Y. Deng
All-Solid-State Energy Storage Materials and Devices Key Laboratory of Hunan Province,
College of Information and Electronic Engineering, Hunan City University, Yiyang 413000, China
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. Hu (ed.), Laser Micro-Nano-Manufacturing and 3D Microprinting, Springer Series
in Materials Science 309, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59313-1_1
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