
Three-Dimensional Microfabrication Using Two-Photon Polymerization
Fundamentals, Technology, and Applications
Description
Key Features
- Comprehensive account of TPP microfabrication, including both photophysical and photochemical aspects of the fabrication process
- Comparison of TPP microfabrication with conventional and unconventional micromanufacturing techniques
- Covering applications of TPP microfabrication in industries such as microelectronics, optics and medical devices industries, and includes case studies and potential future directions
- Illustrates the freeform capability of TPP using numerous scanning electron microscopy images
Readership
Table of Contents
1: Laser Direct Writing for Additive Micro-Manufacturing
- Chapter 1.1: Laser-Based Micro–Additive Manufacturing Technologies
- Abstract
- 1. Beyond Photolithography: Direct-Write Microfabrication
- 2. Introduction to Nonlithographic Microfabrication Techniques
- 3. Laser-Based Microfabrication
- 4. Laser-Based Additive Microfabrication
- 5. 2D Microfabrication by LIFT
- 6. 3D Microfabrication by LIFT
- 7. Parallelizing the LIFT Process
- 8. Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1.2: Microstereolithography
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Rapid Prototyping and Stereolithography
- 3. Improving Stereolithography Resolution
- 4. Microstereolithography Techniques Based on a Scanning Principle
- 5. Microstereolithography Techniques Based on a Projection Principle
- 6. Microstereolithography Processes Having a Submicrometer Resolution
- 7. Microfabrication with Microstereolithography
- 8. Conclusions
- Chapter 1.3: Fundamentals of Two-Photon Fabrication
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Nonlinear Absorption
- 3. Photoresists
- 4. Direct Fabrication in Other Materials
- 5. Other Strategies
Chapter 2: Free Radical Photopolymerization of Multifunctional Monomers
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Polymerization Stages and Rate Equations
- 3. Effect of Diffusional Processes on Propagation and Termination Steps
- 4. Effect of Polymerization Conditions on the Polymerization Kinetics
- 5. Effect of Monomer Functionality and Structure
- 6. Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgment
Chapter 3: Reaction Mechanisms and In Situ Process Diagnostics
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Initiation
- 3. Polymerization
- 4. Conclusions
Chapter 4: Mask-Directed Micro-3D Printing
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Conventional Micro-3D Printing Systems
- 3. Mask-Directed Micro-3D Printing
- 4. Conclusions and Considerations Toward the Future
Chapter 5: Geometric Analysis and Computation Using Layered Depth-Normal Images for Three-Dimensional Microfabrication
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Background and Related Work
- 3. Layered Depth-Normal Images and Related Computational Framework
- 4. Conversion Between LDNIs and Polygonal Meshes
- 5. LDNI-Based Geometric Operations
- 6. Applications in 3D Microfabrication and Others
- 7. Summary and Outlook
- Acknowledgment
Chapter 6: Motion Systems: An Overview of Linear, Air Bearing, and Piezo Stages
- Abstract
- 1. Terminology
- 2. Mechanical Components
- 3. Controller
Chapter 7: Focusing Through High–Numerical Aperture Objective
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction of Diffraction and Optical Imaging
- 2. Focusing Through High-NA Objective: Scalar Optical Fields
- 3. Focusing Through High-NA Objective: Spatially Homogeneously Polarized Optical Fields
- 4. Focusing Through High-NA Objective: Vectorial Optical Fields
- 5. Focus Engineering with Vectorial Optical Fields
- 6. Aberrations and Mitigations
- 7. Discussion and Summary
Chapter 8: Linewidth and Writing Resolution
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Linewidth
- 3. Writing Resolution
- 4. Two-Beam Strategy
- 5. Diffusion-Assisted Approach
- 6. Conclusions
Chapter 9: Making Two-Photon Polymerization Faster
- Abstract
- 1. Motivation for Faster Fabrication
- 2. Typical Speeds of Current Fabrication Methods
- 3. Chemical Methods to Increase Speed
- 4. Physical Methods to Increase Speed
- 5. Engineering Methods to Increase Speed
- 6. The Future of Fast Writing
Chapter 10: Microstructures, Post-TPP Processing
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Chemical Modification of Fabricated Polymer Surfaces
- 3. Double Inversion
- 4. Atomic Layer Deposition
- 5. Electroplating Template
- 6. Pyrolysis
- 7. Multiphoton-induced Spatially Resolved Functionalization
- 8. Conclusions
Chapter 11: A Collection of Microsculptures
- Abstract
12: Applications
- Chapter 12.1: 3D Micro-Optics Via Ultrafast Laser Writing: Miniaturization, Integration, and Multifunctionalities
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Optical Materials
- 3. Micro-Optical Elements and Components
- 4. Toward GRIN Micro-Optics
- 5. Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 12.2: Remotely Driven Micromachines Produced by Two-Photon Microfabrication
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Fabrication Processes of Metallized Micromachines
- 3. Fabrication of Copper-Coated Micromachines
- 4. Release of Metallized Micromachines by Laser Ablation
- 5. Optically Driven Metallized Micromachines
- 6. Magnetically Driven Micromachines
- 7. Conclusions
- Chapter 12.3: Microfluidics
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Basics of Microfluidics
- 3. Fabrication of Microfluidic Networks by 2PP
- 4. Fabrication of Microfluidic Components by 2PP
- 5. Conclusions
- Chapter 12.4: Cell Motility and Nanolithography
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Experiments and Analysis
- 3. Summary
13: Challenges and Opportunities
- Chapter 13.1: Fabrication of 3D Micro-Architected/Nano-Architected Materials
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Benefits of Architected Materials
- 3. Benefits of Micro-Architectures/Nano-Architectures
- 4. Modeling and Design Tools
- 5. Established Fabrication Approaches
- 6. Fabrication of Micro-Architected/Nano-Architected Materials with Two-Photon Polymerization Techniques: Challenges and Opportunities
- 7. Conclusions
- Chapter 13.2: Two-Photon Polymerization as a Component of Desktop Integrated Manufacturing Platforms
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. State of the Art of Maskless Material Patterning
- 3. Applications with Special Manufacturing Requirements
- 4. Integrated Photonic DIMPs
- Chapter 13.3: Engineered Microenvironments for Cancer Study
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction to the Tumor Microenvironment
- 2. Tumor Microengineering
- 3. Cancer Biology Insights
- 4. Therapeutic Insights
- 5. Future Perspectives for “Mesoscale” Cancer Studies
Appendix A: Basic Photoshop for Electron Microscopy
Appendix B: Numerical Examples
- Chapter 1.1: Laser-Based Micro–Additive Manufacturing Technologies
Product details
- No. of pages: 512
- Language: English
- Copyright: © William Andrew 2015
- Published: September 29, 2015
- Imprint: William Andrew
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780323353212
- eBook ISBN: 9780323354059
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Tommaso Baldacchini
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