Nano- and Microfabrication for Industrial and Biomedical Applications

Nano- and Microfabrication for Industrial and Biomedical Applications, Second Edition, focuses on the industrial perspective on micro- and nanofabrication methods, including large-scale manufacturing, the transfer of concepts from lab to factory, process tolerance, yield, robustness, and cost.

The book gives a history of miniaturization and micro- and nanofabrication, and surveys industrial fields of application, illustrating fabrication processes of relevant micro and nano devices. In this second edition, a new focus area is nanoengineering as an important driver for the rise of novel applications by integrating bio-nanofabrication into microsystems. In addition, new material covers lithographic mould fabrication for soft-lithography, nanolithography techniques, corner lithography, advances in nanosensing, and the developing field of advanced functional materials.

Luttge also explores the view that micro- and nanofabrication will be the key driver for a "tech-revolution" in biology and medical research that includes a new case study that covers the developing organ-on-chip concept.

Presents an interdisciplinary approach that makes micro/nanofabrication accessible equally to engineers and those with a life science background, both in academic settings and commercial R&DProvides readers with guidelines for assessing the commercial potential of any new technology based on micro/nanofabrication, thus reducing the investment riskUpdated edition presents nanoengineering as an important driver for the rise of novel applications by integrating bio-nanofabrication into microsystems

1. Introduction
2. Basic Technologies for Microsystems
3. Advanced Microfabrication Methods
4. Nanotechnology
5. Micromechanical Transducers
6. Chemical and Biological Sensors at Component and Device Level
7. Microfluidic Components, Devices and Integrated Lab-on-a-chip Systems
8. Microfabrication for Novel Products in Drug Delivery: An Example
9. Reflective Comments and Conclusion