Micro-machining by Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Philosophical Transactions A Volume 370(1973): August 28, 2012 ©2012 by The Royal Society

Classification of micro-machining processes. Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

Schematic of the vertical axis large optics diamond turning machine (courtesy of LLNL). Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

Diamond turning of an electroless nickel-plated hyperbolic mirror for a LIDAR system. Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

Electroless nickel-plated mould for an F-theta lens. Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

(a) A white-light interferometric image and (b) a schematic of a hologram diamond turned into a copper–nickel–zinc substrate with a nanometre stroke ultra-fast tool servo system [17]. Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

Scanning electron microscope images of retro-reflective prisms. Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

A scanning force microscope image of a diamond-turned electroless nickel surface. Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

A scanning force microscope image of a diamond-turned OFHC copper surface. Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

Scanning force microscope images of the cutting edge of a diamond tool after cutting (left) iron and (right) copper. Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

Precision grinding of a tungsten carbide mould with a fine-grained diamond wheel (courtesy of Moore Nanotechnology Systems). Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

The principle of electrolytic in-process dressing (courtesy of RIKEN). Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

Truing of coarse-grained diamond wheels within the abrasive layer. Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

Crack formation in silicon observed in plunge-cut experiments with a negative rake diamond tool with and without applying hydrostatic pressure [31]. Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

Magneto-rheological finishing of an aspheric calcium fluoride lens (courtesy of QED Technologies). Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

Molecular dynamics simulation of orthogonal micro-cutting of monocrystalline copper. Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society

Molecular dynamics simulation of diamond polishing with a pairing of two {110} faces sliding along the 〈 100 〉 direction with a speed of 30 ms−1 and a pressure of 10 GPa. Ekkard Brinksmeier, and Werner Preuss Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2012;370: ©2012 by The Royal Society