Special issue: Micro and nanomanufacturing

International Journal of Nanomanufacturing 1(2) 2006 is a special issue: Micro and nanomanufacturing.
The papers describe the design of spindles for nanomachining applications, the use of lasers for micro- and nanoprocessing, wear of micro-cutting tools, analysis of micro-grinding grains during micro-grinding operations, deformation of carbon nanotubes, a review of environmental monitoring strategies for micromachining applications, micro-grinding with tools manufactured using micro electro-discharge machining, growth of nanodiamond crystals, machining of metals using nanocrystalline diamond, micro-machining of fuel cell materials, preparation of gold nanoparticles for nanomanufacturing applications and the measurement of subsurface damage during the micro-grinding of silicon wafers.