Nanoengineering and Fabrication of Intelligent Devices that can Shape the Future

This talk will be focused on some of the scientific themes and applications in which electron energies reached for device or process operation are above that of the surrounding lattice or environment. Within the scope of the topic I will attempt to describe the vision of the global nanoscience community which is to ‘exploit science in the nano-scale to inspire intelligent devices that can shape the future’. Freeman Dyson once said; “Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God’s gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences.” With this in mind, I will also talk about what we can do to help take our ideas in the exploitation of knowledge to build good technologies for the future. Examples associated with the scale up of plasma technologies for the growth of carbon nanotube systems, use of organic nanocomposites for the production of solar cells and the novel processing routes of materials for display products and next generation transistors will be utilized. Novel Processes such as Ion beam lithography, Focused ion beams, Smart cut and Dual platform systems are versatile tools for nanoengineering and nanoscience applications and can be used to rapidly prototype and modify a diverse range of nano-devices and sensors. I will discuss the use of these systems for nanoengineeing and fabrication using examples from research.