A method for developing a manufacturing process includes measuring, in a
first testing environment, a primary property of a nano-engineered
material at one or more positions to provide one or more measurements.
The method also includes determining whether the one or more measurements
satisfy a first tolerance criterion and taking a further action based on
whether the one or more measurements satisfy the first tolerance
criterion. Additionally, a method of measuring thermal properties of a
nano-engineered material includes irradiating a nano-engineered material
with laser radiation, wherein the laser radiation impinges on a first
surface of the nano-engineered material at one ore more locations,
capturing at least one image of the nano-engineered material, and
analyzing the at least one image to characterize the thermal properties
of the nano-engineered material.