Abstract
In this chapter, we will discuss recent developments of advanced control techniques for nanoscale precision motion in general and probe-based nanofabrication (PBN) in specific. First, from the control perspective viewpoint, the advantages and challenges in parallel-probe based approach will be discussed to clarify the needs of high-speed PBN, particularly for areas such as nanoscale rapid prototyping and self-assembly based nanomanufacturing using chemical evaporation deposition (CVD). Then secondly, control challenges encountered in high-speed PBN will be discussed to introduce three main approaches to address these challenges: the robust-control based approach, the system-inversion based approach, and the iterative control approach. The basic idea and the main results obtained in these three approaches will be comparatively discussed. We finish our discussion with a few remarks.
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Abbreviations
- CCF-ILC:
-
Current-cycle-feedback ILC
- CVD:
-
Chemical evaporation deposition
- DOF:
-
Degree-of-freedom
- HOPG:
-
Highly oriented pyrolytic graphite
- IIC:
-
Inversion-based Iterative Control
- ILC:
-
Iterative learning control
- LQR:
-
Linear quadratic optimization
- MAIIC:
-
Multi-axis Inversion-based Iterative Control
- MIIC:
-
Model-less Inversion-based Iterative Control
- MIMO:
-
Multi-input-multi-output
- PBN:
-
Probe-based nanofabrication
- PID:
-
Proportional-Integral-Derivative
- SISO:
-
Single-input-single-output
- SPM:
-
Scanning probe microscope
- STM:
-
Scanning tunneling microscope
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The authors would like to thank co-workers Dr. Ying Wu, Dr. Kyong-soo Kim, and Ms. Yan Yan, for their contributions (as referred in the writing). The authors also would like to thank Prof. Zhiqun Lin from Iowa State University and Dr. Chanmin Su from the Bruker-Nano Instrument Inc. for their help in sample preparation (Lin) and SPM instrumentation (Su), respectively. The research was funded through NSF Grants No. CMMI 0624597, DUE 0632908, and CAREER-award CMMI-1066055.
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Wang, H., Zou, Q. (2011). Development of High-Throughput Control Techniques for Tip-Based Nanofabrication. In: Tseng, A. (eds) Tip-Based Nanofabrication. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9899-6_9
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