David Savastano, Editor05.21.14
The field of nanomanufacturing of electronics is potentially huge, and there are a wide range of materials such as nanoparticles, nanotubes and quantum dots, that are coming to the marketplace.
Still, there are hurdles to overcome before manufacturing becomes mainstream. It is expensive to produce these nanoscale electronics, which are largely silicon-based, and a fabrication facility can cost more than a billion dollars.
Being able to mass-produce low-cost nanoscale electronics systems would, of course, be ideal. Inkjet printing has been used, but the speed isn’t there yet. However, Northeastern University may have a solution for this.
One of four NSF funded nanomanufacturing center in the United States, the NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) at Northeastern has developed the Nanoscale Offset Printing System (NanoOPS), a fully automated nanoscale prototype printing system. According to Northeastern, NanoOPS can print nanoscale structures and circuits down
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