Automated nano-assembly of nanoscale structures

Nanoscale products have many potential applications. The complexity of nanomanufacturing requires to position, manipulate and assemble nanoobjects to form asymmetric patterns. The atomic force microscopy has been proven to be a powerful technique for nanomanufacturing. Typical manual nanomanipulation using an atomic force microscope (AFM) is time-consuming and inefficient. Automated AFM tip path planning is desirable for nanomanufacturing, but does not receive much attention. In this paper, a CAD-guided automated nanomanufacturing system is developed to manufacture a nanostructure/nanodevice based on the CAD model of the nanostructure/nanodevice. The system is implemented to manipulate nanoobjects to manufacture nanostructures automatically.