Micro and Nano Abrasive Machining

Dear Colleagues,

The application of micro and nano scale manufacturing was established during the development of the transistor in the late 1940s. During the 1960s, Richard Feynman challenged scientists to explore the molecular and atomic scales in his classic address to scientists entitled, ‘There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom’. In the late 1970s, Taniguchi famously coined the phrase ‘nanotechnology’. Taniguichi was in fact referring to the manufacture of products with nanometer scales and tolerances as challenged by Feynman. The sheer number of products having functional performance at nanometer scales and their associated features grows rapidly. The products include computers, mobiles phones, hardware, display-based consumer products, aerospace and automotive optics, and electric vehicles. Additionally, the effectiveness of emerging energy sources such as solar and nuclear fusion relies on ultraprecision and microstructured surfaces and the cost-effective fabrication of associated power generating equipment. In this Special Issue addressing micro and nano abrasive processing, the publishers invite you to submit research papers, review, case studies, and technical notes on the rapid development of manufacturing processes at the micro and nanoscale that are focused on machining and grinding operations. Authors are invited to contribute experimental, computational, theoretical, and practical applications of machining and grinding at the micro and nanoscales.

Prof. Dr. Mark Jackson
Guest Editor

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