TY - CHAP AU - Salvador Mendoza-Acevedo AU - Mario Alfredo Reyes-Barranca AU - Edgar Norman Vázquez-Acosta AU - José Antonio Moreno-Cadenas AU - José Luis González-Vidal ED - Mojtaba Kahrizi Y1 - 2012-02-03 PY - 2012 T1 - Release Optimization of Suspended Membranes in MEMS N2 - Micromachining is used to fabricate three-dimensional microstructures and it is the foundation of a technology called Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS). Bulk micromachining and surface micromachining are two major categories (among others) in this field. This book presents advances in micromachining technology. For this, we have gathered review articles related to various techniques and methods of micro/nano fabrications, like focused ion beams, laser ablation, and several other specialized techniques, from esteemed researchers and scientists around the world. Each chapter gives a complete description of a specific micromachining method, design, associate analytical works, experimental set-up, and the final fabricated devices, followed by many references related to this field of research available in other literature. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of this technology, the collection of articles presented here can be used by scientists and researchers in the disciplines of engineering, materials sciences, physics, and chemistry. BT - Micromachining Techniques for Fabrication of Micro and Nano Structures SP - Ch. 9 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/30909 DO - 10.5772/30909 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -