Fabrication of multi-layer SU-8 microstructures
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The fabrication of multi-level SU-8 microstructures using multiple coating and exposure steps and a single developing step has been achieved for up to six layers of SU-8. Alternating layers of SU-8 2010 (thin) and SU-8 2100 (thick) photoresist films were spin coated, followed by soft-bake, ultraviolet (UV) exposure and post-exposure bake steps. The multiple SU-8 layers were simultaneously developed to create patterned microstructures with overall thicknesses of up to 500 μm and minimum lateral feature size of 10 μm. The use of a single developing step facilitated fabrication of complex multi-level SU-8 microstructures that might be difficult, or even impossible, to achieve by sequential processing of multiple SU-8 layers that are individually coated, baked, exposed and developed.
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