I work at an open-use lab helping people make microchips of various types.
An issue we come across fairly regularly is that there is no place to ask question on this interdiciplinary, and cutting-edge/complex field. There is a large international community around this kind of work, and we currently ask questions via email, or on some non-ideal sites such as ResearchGate; or here are two questions on Meta SE asking where to ask about this topic: one, two.
Since SE Engineering has a "machining" tag, and that is most similar in scope to a microchip 'fab (I consider a microfab basically a machine shop where you can machine things smaller than a drill-bit), I would like to propose a microfabrication tag on SE Engineering.
Synonyms include nanofabrication, and related but not synonyms include microelectronics (means electronics only, discounting microfluidics or optics), nanotechnology (often means beakers and chemistry or materials, not wafer-level machining).
Here are some posts that could possibly be tagged "microfabrication". I apologize it turns out there were a lot, and sorry it there are duplicates, this took a good amount of manual search filtering. Not exhaustive, but I was trying to be selective.
Chemistry SE:
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/109887/how-can-i-prevent-my-spin-coated-silica-thin-film-from-cracking-when-i-heat-it-u/109889#109889
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/160397/why-use-diamond-like-carbon-instead-of-diamond/160415#160415
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/33671/is-there-a-selective-wet-etch-of-bi2o3-bismuth-oxide?r=SearchResults&s=1%7C50.8471
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/162624/how-to-remove-graphite-substrate-of-boron-carbide-coating/162625?r=SearchResults&s=2%7C22.2447#162625
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/19618/how-is-the-crystal-direction-important-for-etching-silicon-surfaces/20558?r=SearchResults&s=3%7C20.5350#20558
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/101273/what-happens-to-chromium-as-cr2o7-in-the-plasma-of-the-icp?r=SearchResults&s=1%7C69.8497
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/26875/etching-a-screen-protector-film/26888?r=SearchResults&s=2%7C29.3398#26888
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/4381/selective-etchant-for-al2o3-does-not-etch-al-cu-zn-sn?r=SearchResults&s=1%7C62.6033
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/44671/is-there-a-chemical-that-will-etch-antimony-but-not-stainless-steel
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/64565/how-do-you-make-photoresist-photohardening-paint?r=SearchResults&s=1%7C53.3165
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/58285/what-would-happen-if-i-mixed-positive-and-negative-photoresists?r=SearchResults&s=2%7C42.5148
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/110584/are-all-lift-off-resist-negative-photoresists?r=SearchResults&s=3%7C28.7533
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/32060/pmma-cross-link-temperature?r=SearchResults&s=9%7C21.2894
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/146741/removing-denatured-crystalbond?r=SearchResults&s=12%7C17.7086
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/50234/etching-ito-on-pet-without-damage?r=SearchResults&s=15%7C13.6426
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/150291/what-non-toxic-light-sensitive-materials-do-not-burn-away-at-high-heat/150307?r=SearchResults&s=19%7C9.3117#150307
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/169672/silicon-crystal-orientation/169679#169679
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/4354/lithography-is-isopropanol-a-developer-and-or-a-stopper?r=SearchResults&s=1%7C55.6846
- https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/46371/solvent-for-norland-optical-adhesive?r=SearchResults&s=2%7C30.8393
I think most electroplating questions: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/search?q=electroplating
Physics SE:
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/505803/why-should-the-resolution-of-photolithography-follow-the-pattern-described-in-mo/505830?r=SearchResults&s=1%7C19.6983#505830
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/158586/wavelength-used-in-manufacturing-of-integrated-circuits-ic/158694?r=SearchResults&s=5%7C16.1990#158694
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/585595/is-making-a-laser-diode-at-a-home-workshop-impossible?r=SearchResults&s=3%7C37.8410
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/91541/are-phase-specific-masks-ever-used-in-the-context-of-double-exposure-lithograp?r=SearchResults&s=1%7C51.4963
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/91759/the-resolution-limit-for-lithography-in-practice?r=SearchResults&s=2%7C43.1639
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/80615/smallest-minimum-feature-size-possible-for-transistors-printed-by-photolithograp?r=SearchResults&s=3%7C39.7307
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/723417/why-do-we-use-tin-in-extreme-ultraviolet-euv-lithography?r=SearchResults&s=4%7C38.5536
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/18390/focusing-laser-off-axis-illumination-diffraction-limit?r=SearchResults&s=5%7C35.6877
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/350454/any-differences-between-critical-dimension-size-and-resolution-for-an-optical-ob?r=SearchResults&s=6%7C29.4125
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/397664/which-experimental-procedures-exist-for-determining-the-elemental-composition-of?r=SearchResults&s=7%7C27.6585
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/789664/why-do-logic-ics-only-have-one-transistor-layer/789669?r=SearchResults&s=18%7C15.5998#789669
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/559397/why-does-plasma-cleaning-etching-takes-longer-time-to-be-effective-when-there?r=SearchResults&s=1%7C65.9596
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/430948/rf-sputtering-where-comes-the-target-self-bias-voltage-from/612763?r=SearchResults&s=6%7C30.6812#612763
These might better categorized as "Microelectronics" (related but not identical):
- search for "semiconductor" https://engineering.meta.stackexchange.com/posts/686/edit
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/692150/semiconductors-lattice-scattering-and-impurity-scattering?r=SearchResults&s=4%7C29.2758
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/746575/semiconductor-band-gap?r=SearchResults&s=4%7C43.2568
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/767682/semiconductor-laser?r=SearchResults&s=5%7C43.0969
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/776968/carrier-concentration-on-forward-biased-pn-junction?r=SearchResults&s=5%7C27.3207
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/129188/diffusion-and-drift-currents-in-a-pn-junction?r=SearchResults&s=6%7C26.8780
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/160881/electron-gas-theory-of-a-metal-drude-model-intuition?r=SearchResults&s=7%7C26.4518
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/302030/diffusion-current-density-in-a-semiconductor-a-cm2?r=SearchResults&s=8%7C24.8930
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/588173/is-collector-current-depends-on-width-of-base-and-vcb-in-forward-active-mode-c?r=SearchResults&s=9%7C24.1912
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/160886/why-do-electron-and-hole-mobilities-decrease-with-temperature?r=SearchResults&s=10%7C24.1912
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/165251/internal-resistor-in-a-diode?r=SearchResults&s=11%7C24.1912
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/581048/a-proof-for-why-the-minority-charge-carrier-concentration-along-the-x-axis-in-a?r=SearchResults&s=13%7C22.3385
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/153649/ohmic-contacts-in-a-diode-metal-semiconductor-junction-contact-difference-of?r=SearchResults&s=15%7C18.3512
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/150494/graded-semiconductors-hole-concentration-function-of-x?r=SearchResults&s=17%7C17.6835
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/127654/ohms-law-drude-model/127693?r=SearchResults&s=28%7C10.6824#127693
- https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/226955/textbook-recommendations-for-electrical-circuits-and-electronics/227709?r=SearchResults&s=29%7C10.6824#227709
Engineering SE: "microfabrication" or "microelectronics" or closely related:
- How feasible is it to build a benchtop semiconductor protoyping fabrication set up?
- Why is the donor level in a semiconductor called a "level"?
- Bonding Semiconductors to PCB
- Best software for 3D modeling and simulation semiconductors?
- So even though the raw materials of semiconductors are cheap why is their cost so high and why don't we use conductor for the same job?
- Why do transport containers for wafers open clockwise?
- P-N junction depletion region
- Is there an instrument that can measure thickness of an object through strain?
- "bubbles" forming after heating my Thin film transistors
- Why does a hole have greater energy than valence electrons?
- Can a semi-conductor cooler be powerful enough for a room?
- How to measure resistivity of a given sheet of material?
- Why do inorganic LEDs wear out?
- Breakdown voltage of electronic devices
- Are DVD laser diodes single transverse mode?
- Why do monocrystalline solar cells have rounded/cropped edges?
- What is micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)?
- How are electronics hardened against extreme accelerations?
- Why do some semiconductor devices have a minimum voltage requirement?
- Working mechanism of photovoltic cells
- Units for plasma etching of circuits: A (with degree symbol)/min
- How are components printed onto chips in lithography?
- What is the difference between NIL and hot embossing?
- Improving PMMA adhesion on Gallium Arsenide wafer pieces
- Why resolution of photolithography evolved gradually?
- How to make a conductive paint over PDMS?
- Can graphene really be made in a modest lab at home?
- Can be used a lab on a chip device as a nuclear fusion device?
- AutoCAD: Help with exporting micrometer details to PDF
