Multiphoton polymerization using optical trap assisted nanopatterning

Leitz KH, Tsai YC, Flad F, Schäffer E, Quentin UH, Alexeev I, Fardel R, Arnold CB, Schmidt M (2013)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

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Publisher: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Book Volume: 102

Journal Issue: 24

DOI: 10.1063/1.4811704

Abstract

In this letter, we show the combination of multiphoton polymerization and optical trap assisted nanopatterning (OTAN) for the additive manufacturing of structures with nanometer resolution. User-defined patterns of polymer nanostructures are deposited on a glass substrate by a 3.5 mu m polystyrene sphere focusing IR femtosecond laser pulses, showing minimum feature sizes of lambda/10. Feature size depends on the applied laser fluence and the bead surface spacing. A finite element model describes the intensity enhancement in the microbead focus. The results presented suggest that OTAN in combination with multiphoton processing is a viable technique for additive nanomanufacturing with sub-diffraction-limited resolution. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.

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APA:

Leitz, K.-H., Tsai, Y.-C., Flad, F., Schäffer, E., Quentin, U.-H., Alexeev, I.,... Schmidt, M. (2013). Multiphoton polymerization using optical trap assisted nanopatterning. Applied Physics Letters, 102(24). https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4811704

MLA:

Leitz, Karl-Heinz, et al. "Multiphoton polymerization using optical trap assisted nanopatterning." Applied Physics Letters 102.24 (2013).

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