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Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Micro-Shell Structures Using Two-Photon Polymerization

이광자 흡수 광중합에 의한 3차원 마이크로 쉘 구조물 제작

  • 박상후 (한국과학기술원 기계공학과) ;
  • 임태우 (한국과학기술원 기계공학과) ;
  • 양동열 (한국과학기술원 기계공학과)
  • Published : 2005.07.01
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Abstract

A nano-stereolithography (NSL) process has been developed for fabrication of 3D shell structures which can be applied to various nano/micro-fluidic devices. By the process, a complicated 3D shell structure on a scale of several microns can be fabricated using lamination of layers with a resolution of 150 nm in size, so it does not require the use of my sacrificial layer or any supporting structure. A layer was fabricated by means of solidifying liquid-state monomers using two-photon absorption (TPA) induced using a femtosecond laser processing. When the polymerization process is finished, unsolidified liquid state resins can be removed easily by dropping several droplets of ethanol fur developing the fabricated structure. Through this work, some 3D shell structures, which can be applied to various applications such as nano/micro-fluidic devices and MEMS system, were fabricated using the developed process.

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