Nanofabrication and Advanced Manufacturing of Functional Surfaces and Materials

The advancement of nanofabrication and advanced manufacturing techniques in recent years has enabled material scientists to precisely control material structures and properties at the micro and nanoscale. Such control has facilitated the development of functional materials with tailored mechanical, chemical, and biological performance. Conventional fabrication methods often face challenges in simultaneously achieving scalability, reproducibility, and multifunctionality, limiting their translation from laboratory research to real world applications. Recent advancements in fabrication techniques such as electrospinning, additive manufacturing, nanoimprint lithography, and roll-to-roll processing have created new opportunities for producing complex, hierarchical, and bioinspired material architectures. These advances are driving innovation across a wide range of applications, including healthcare, energy systems, environmental technologies, and smart devices. This research topic aims to highlight recent advances in advanced manufacturing techniques for the development of novel materials with emerging and multifunctional properties.The primary aim of this Research Topic is to highlight advances that are currently being explored in advanced manufacturing techniques for the development of novel and emerging multifunctional materials. Despite the significant progress made in nanofabrication and nanomanufacturing technologies, challenges remain in achieving scalable and reproducible functional materials for practical applications. This research topic seeks to address these challenges by bringing together interdisciplinary research that explores innovative fabrication strategies, process optimization, and structure–property–performance relationships. Emphasis will be placed on advanced manufacturing approaches such as electrospinning, additive manufacturing, nanoimprint lithography, and roll-to-roll processing, which enable precise control over material architectures and functionalities. Contributions focusing on bioinspired designs, hierarchical structures, functional surfaces, and materials with mechanical, chemical, or biological functionality are particularly encouraged.This Research Topic welcomes articles that focus on advanced manufacturing and nanofabrication approaches for the development of functional and multifunctional materials. The scope includes, but is not limited to, fabrication techniques such as electrospinning, additive manufacturing, nanoimprint lithography, and roll-to-roll processing. Specific themes of interest include bioinspired and hierarchical material architectures, functional and mechano-bactericidal surfaces, structure–property–performance relationships, scalable manufacturing strategies, and materials with tailored mechanical, chemical, or biological functionalities. Articles with a focus on addressing applications in healthcare, energy, environmental technologies, and smart devices are particularly encouraged. Studies combining experimental, theoretical, and modeling approaches are encouraged. Topic editors: Avinash Baji, Kamran A Khan Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/80176/nanofabrication-and-advanced-manufacturing-of-functional-surfaces-and-materials