Please follow the Cornell NanoScale's Training Workflow instructions.
CULearn training links:
- RSRCH - CNF - NanoScribe GT2 (NetID Link)
- RSRCH - CNF - NanoScribe GT2 (GuestID Link)
See the CNF User Wiki's Two-photon Lithography page for supplemental background and material details.
The NanoScribe GT2 Laser Lithography System is a state of the art two-photon polymerization volumetric maskless printer. It can create three-dimensional nanostructures using a NIR femtosecond laser via direct-write onto a photosensitive resin that is subjected to a non-linear two-photon absorption process. This process involves cross-linking the resin via UV absorption. In essence, the laser sets a focal light cone where a concentration of the light intensity defines the exposure focal spot volume or a “3D Pixel”. Using this technique a CAD design can be broken into and X, Y, Z coordinate system to define the structure pixel by pixel and layer by layer.
The exposure side of the system sits in a fine-tuned vibration isolation table and a high-speed ultra-precise piezoelectric stage for movement in x-y-z, and finally a galvanic mirror defection system for focusing and beam rasterization. Models for printing can be designed using the stand-alone software DeScribe which comes with the tool or with any CAD software capable of outputting DXF or STL file formats. The DeScribe software can import these formats. CNF has 3 Solution sets for particular scales and applications.
Technical Specifications:
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Printing Technology: Layer-by-later Two-Photon Polymerization
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Minimum XY Feature Size: 160 nm typical; 200 nm specified*
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Finest vertical resolution: 1,000 nm typical; 1,500 nm specified*
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Layer distance: 0.3 – 5.0 um*
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Maximum object height: 8 mm
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Maximum print volume: 100 mm3
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Minimum surface roughness Ra: <= 20 nm*
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Scan speed: <= 100 mm/s*
* Values may vary depending on the objective and photoresin used.
These solution sets are available at the CNF:
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Small Feature Set: Immersion objective 3D SF 63x, NA=1.4, [IP-L 780 & IP-Dip]
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Medium Feature Set: Immersion objective 3D MF 25x, NA= 0.8, [IP-S]
- Large Feature Set: Immersion objective 3D LF 10x, NA=0.3, [IP-Q]
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- Micro-electro-mechanical systems
- Mechanical metamaterials
- Micro-optics
- Photonic metamaterials and Plasmonics