Snapshot Mask-less fabrication of embedded monolithic SU-8 microstructures with arbitrary topologies
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چکیده
Microscope projection lithography offers an affordable alternative for fast prototyping of 3D polymer microstructures. Here we introduce a 3D mask-less approach operating on a routine epi-fluorescene microscope that enables the fabrication of 3D microstructures such as lenses, pillar forests, cavities and channels embedded in a monolithic SU-8 structure defined in a single exposure step. Fabrication times of about 1 hour from design to finished structure are achieved and 5 μm resolution is possible in the present configuration. SU-8 microstructures; mask-less photolithography; microlenses; microscope projection lithography; composed lenses; capped cavities.
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