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Casting in metal or silicon

For many fields of application in science and industry, the choice of materials that can directly be polymerized by two-photon absorption is already sufficient. A wide range of materials has been validated successfully for direct laser writing with different optical, mechanical, electronic and chemical/biological properties. Despite that, there remain numerous classes of non-polymerizable materials which cannot directly be fabricated as 3D micro- and nanostructures in a one-step-procedure. For many materials, casting techniques need and can be applied – even for complex 3D micro- and nanostructures! Nanoscribe has expert knowledge in inversion and casting techniques, e.g. into metals, silica, silicon or PDMS. Examples of casting processes and results achieved with these techniques can be found in the following subordinate categories:

• Casting in PDMS
• Single- and Double-Inversion Exemplified with Silicon (SSI and SDI)
• Electroplating

If you have any questions concerning the casting techniques, please feel free to contact us.