Methods for forming electronic devices from nanomaterials

A method for fabricating a nanostructure from nanomaterial, comprising

• providing a centrally located multi-axis and multi-dimensional first manipulating component associated with a housing for manipulating a substrate and a template,
• placing the substrate in a pre-alignment subsystem for pre-aligning the substrate,
• removing the substrate from the pre-alignment subsystem and the placing the substrate in an alignment subsystem,
• pre-aligning the template,
• removing the template from the pre-alignment subsystem and then transferring the template to an assembly subsystem,
• applying nanomaterial to the template in the assembly subsystem to form the nanostructure,
• drying the template once the nanomaterial is applied thereto in the assembly subsystem,
• removing the template from the assembly subsystem with the first manipulating component and then transferring the template to the alignment subsystem,
• aligning the template with the substrate to form a workpiece assembly,
• transferring the workpiece assembly with the first manipulating component from the alignment subsystem to a transfer subsystem,
• when in the transfer subsystem, transferring the nanomaterial from the template to the substrate and then separating the template from the substrate,
• with the first manipulating component, removing the substrate and the template from the transfer assembly, and
• controlling movement of the first manipulating component between the subsystems,
• wherein when the template is processed in the assembly subsystem, placing the template in a first reservoir containing the nanomaterial by a second manipulating component, removing the template from the first reservoir with the second manipulating component, translating the second manipulating component horizontally, placing the template in a second reservoir to air dry the template, removing the template from the second reservoir with the second manipulating component, and then transferring the template from the second manipulating component to the first manipulating component.