Two?Photon Laser Writing of Soft Responsive Polymers via Temperature?Controlled Polymerization

Enhancing the resolution of 3D patterning techniques in functional soft polymers enlarges application areas responsive shape-changing materials, for tunable nanophotonics and nanorobotics. Thanks to recent advances polymer science, palette available materials nanomanufacturing is becoming wider wider—although comprehension their polymerization process by two-photon still incomplete. In this work, both shrinking minimal polymerizable unit a significant improvement mechanical stability microstructured polymers, particular liquid crystalline networks, are demonstrated. To aim, temperature control enhances reduces swelling polymerized structures, thus avoiding deviations final structure from intended design. This fine on nanoscale features enables use not only bulky microelements, but also high-resolution structures with more complex