Manufacturing From Atomic and Molecular Clusters to Devices
Atomic/molecular clusters are a new form of material structure with unique intrinsic properties.The cross-scale manufacturing,from atomic/molecular clusters to devices,will bring profound changes to the development of industries such as high-end defense equipment and emerging electronics.The structure-activity relationship of clusters,cross-scale construction of cluster structures,and high performance manufacturing of cluster devices are the key development directions of atomic/molecular cluster device manufacturing,dominating the development process from atoms to product manufacturing.Catching the important opportunities behind these developments will be able to occupy the commanding heights of atomic-level manufacturing research and lead the transformation of atomic-level manufacturing.This paper summarizes the recent research development in the field of atom/molecular clusters and device manufacturing from three aspects:large-scale manufacturing of new cluster materials,atomic/molecular cluster construction mechanism of novel functional devices,and cross-scale manufacturing process and equipment of cluster-device,and summarizes the key scientific problems and challenges in the field of atom/molecular clusters and devices.The suggestions on its future development direction and development strategy are given.