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Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Joseph Toombs
University of California, Berkeley
2
Diana Gonzalez‐Hernandez
Observatorio de la Inmigración de Tenerife
3
Pritha Agarwalla
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4
Gulnaaz Rasiya
Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology
5
Yijie Liu
China Coal Technology and Engineering Group Corp (China)
6
Zhihan Hong
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
7
Armin Geraili
Western University
8
Paul Somers
Purdue University West Lafayette
9
S. Macrae Montgomery
Georgia Institute of Technology
10
Joschka Hellmeier
TU Wien

Rising Stars Papers

1
Quantification of absolute labeling efficiency at the single-protein level
Nature Methods|2024
32 cit.
2
Tunicate cellulose nanocrystal reinforced multifunctional hydrogel with super flexible, fatigue resistant, antifouling and self-adhesive capability for effective wound healing
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules|2024
14 cit.
3
Dual-head multi-photon polymerization 3D printing for parallel additive manufacturing organic/inorganic materials in optics
Additive manufacturing|2025
9 cit.
4
Holographic multi-photon 3D laser nanoprinting – at the speed of light: opinion
Optical Materials Express|2024
7 cit.
5
Ultra‐Large Scale Stitchless AFM: Advancing Nanoscale Characterization and Manipulation with Zero Stitching Error and High Throughput (Small 1/2024)
Small|2024
4 cit.
6
Roll-to-roll tomographic volumetric additive manufacturing for continuous production of microstructures on long flexible substrates
Unknown Journal|2024
3 cit.
7
Image-Based Auto-Focus Microscope System with Visual Servo Control for Micro-Stereolithography
Micromachines|2024
3 cit.
8
Recent Advances in the Design, Modeling, and Control of Flexure-Based Nanopositioning Stages
Micromachines|2025
3 cit.
9
Recent progress in the laser microprinting of semiconductors and metals
Unknown Journal|2024
1 cit.
10
Integrated 3D Printing of Transparency‐on‐Demand Glass Microstructure
Advanced Optical Materials|2025
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Vu Huy Nguyen
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2
Dien Wang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
3
Hossein Sojoudi
University of Toledo
4
Tommaso Baldacchini
Edwards Lifesciences (United States)
5
Donglai Zhong
Peking University
6
Robert R. Ilic
National Institute of Standards and Technology
7
M. Serdar Önses
Erciyes University
8
Teemu T. Junttila
Unknown
9
Lola González‐García
Leibniz-Institute for New Materials
10
Ronan Daly
University of Cambridge

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
High-speed and large-scale intrinsically stretchable integrated circuits
Nature|2024
393 cit.
2
A sinterless, low-temperature route to 3D print nanoscale optical-grade glass
Science|2023
211 cit.
3
Machine Learning-Assisted Pesticide Detection on a Flexible Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrate Prepared by Silver Nanoparticles
ACS Applied Nano Materials|2022
71 cit.
4
Twin physically unclonable functions based on aligned carbon nanotube arrays
Nature Electronics|2022
57 cit.
5
Self-Healing of Biocompatible Superhydrophobic Coatings: The Interplay of the Size and Loading of Particles
Langmuir|2023
53 cit.
6
Disintegration and Machine-Learning-Assisted Identification of Bacteria on Antimicrobial and Plasmonic Ag–Cu<sub><i>x</i></sub>O Nanostructures
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces|2023
40 cit.
7
Unclonable Features via Electrospraying of Bulk Polymers
ACS Applied Polymer Materials|2022
37 cit.
8
Silver nanoflowers with SERS activity and unclonable morphology
Materials Today Chemistry|2023
33 cit.
9
Technology pull: scale-up of polymeric mechanochemical force sensors
Trends in Chemistry|2023
32 cit.
10
Food-Grade Physically Unclonable Functions
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces|2023
28 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
George M. Whitesides
Harvard University
2
Chad A. Mirkin
Northwestern University
3
Ulrich S. Schubert
Helmholtz Institute Jena
4
L. Jay Guo
University of Michigan
5
Stephen R. Quake
Stanford University
6
Richard H. Friend
University of Cambridge
7
Shaoyi Jiang
Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
8
Christopher K. Ober
Cornell University
9
Frank Caruso
The University of Melbourne
10
Donald E. Ingber
Inspire

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Self-Assembly at All Scales
Science|2002
7.4k cit.
2
A DNA-based method for rationally assembling nanoparticles into macroscopic materials
Nature|1996
6.7k cit.
3
Electroluminescence in conjugated polymers
Nature|1999
6k cit.
4
Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Systems in Poly(dimethylsiloxane)
Analytical Chemistry|1998
5.3k cit.
5
Geometric Control of Cell Life and Death
Science|1997
4.7k cit.
6
SOFT LITHOGRAPHY
Annual Review of Materials Science|1998
4.6k cit.
7
Bright light-emitting diodes based on organometal halide perovskite
Nature Nanotechnology|2014
4.4k cit.
8
Selective Colorimetric Detection of Polynucleotides Based on the Distance-Dependent Optical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles
Science|1997
4.4k cit.
9
Microfluidics: Fluid physics at the nanoliter scale
Reviews of Modern Physics|2005
4.3k cit.
10
Reconstituting Organ-Level Lung Functions on a Chip
Science|2010
4.1k cit.

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