2025 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit

Symposium MF02-Micro-/Nanoscale Additive Manufacturing

Micro/nanoscale additive manufacturing (AM) is used to create intricate 3D geometries to be applied in various fields, including biomedicine, photonics, artificial intelligence, and microelectronics.The development needs for micro/nano AM are constantly evolving with constraints imposed by physics, chemistry, and optical/mechanical engineering, which emphasizes the multidisciplinary nature of the field. Today, there are numerous commercially available micro/nano-AM methods, including two-photon lithography (TPL), micro-stereolithography, material jetting, and micro-electroplating, complemented by emerging techniques such as photo-induced material assembly, dual-wavelength printing, and material infusion. These methods continually expand the frontiers of fabrication capabilities and drive the development of novel feedstock materials, opening new possibilities for the design and fabrication of nanostructures with unprecedented functionalities. Furthermore, the co-design of materials, the printing process and the resulting structures contribute to a potential on-demand manufacturing-application ecosystem for high-fidelity miniaturized devices.

The proposed symposium will bring together distinguished researchers and industrial partners to discuss cutting-edge fabrication methods, underlying driving mechanisms, material and structural design, and targeted applications, and provide insights for the next-generation solutions for micro-/nano AM technologies.

Topics will include:

  • Micro/nanoscale AM technologies with increased precision, speed, and resolution
  • New feedstock materials for micro/nanoscale additive manufacturing
  • Understand processing-microstructure-property relationships of 3D printed structures
  • Applications for micro/nanoscale structures and devices
  • Co-design of functional nanomaterials, structures and devices
  • Modeling of printing processes, underlying mechanisms involved in printing, and performance of 3D printed devices

Invited Speakers:

  • Gary Cheng (Purdue University, USA)
  • John Hart (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
  • Yongfeng Lu (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
  • Mangirdas Malinauskas (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
  • Dmitry Momotenko (Carl von Ossietzky Universität of Oldenburg, Switzerland)
  • Ralph Spolenak (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
  • Hongbo Sun (Tsinghua University, China)
  • Lorenzo Valdevit (University of California, Irvine, USA)
  • Martin Wegener (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
  • Xiaoxing Xia (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
  • Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
  • Yanliang Zhang (University of Notre Dame, USA)

Symposium Organizers

Songyun Gu
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Materials Engineering Division
USA

Shih-Chi Chen
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mechanical and Automation Engineering
Hong Kong

Wendy Gu
Stanford University
Mechanical Engineering
USA

Alain Reiser
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Sweden

Topics

additive manufacturing lithography (deposition) microscale microstructure nanoscale nanostructure self-assembly