Direct-Write Photolithography for Cylindrical Tooling Fabrication in Roll-to-Roll Microcontact Printing
The scale-up of microcontact printing (μCP) to a roll-to-roll technique for large-scale surface patterning requires scalable tooling for continuous pattern printing with μm-scale features (e.g., 1–50 μm). Here, we examine the process of creating such a tool using an optical direct-write or “maskless...
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| author | Nietner, Larissa Franciska Hardt, David E. |
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| description | The scale-up of microcontact printing (μCP) to a roll-to-roll technique for large-scale surface patterning requires scalable tooling for continuous pattern printing with μm-scale features (e.g., 1–50 μm). Here, we examine the process of creating such a tool using an optical direct-write or “maskless” method working on a rotating cylindrical substrate. A predictive model of pattern formation is presented along with experimental results to examine the key control factors for this process. It is shown that factors can be modulated to vary the cross-sectional shape in addition to feature height and width. This feature can then be exploited to improve the robustness of the final printing process. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1079812022-10-02T08:02:09Z Direct-Write Photolithography for Cylindrical Tooling Fabrication in Roll-to-Roll Microcontact Printing Nietner, Larissa Franciska Hardt, David E. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity Nietner, Larissa Franciska Hardt, David E The scale-up of microcontact printing (μCP) to a roll-to-roll technique for large-scale surface patterning requires scalable tooling for continuous pattern printing with μm-scale features (e.g., 1–50 μm). Here, we examine the process of creating such a tool using an optical direct-write or “maskless” method working on a rotating cylindrical substrate. A predictive model of pattern formation is presented along with experimental results to examine the key control factors for this process. It is shown that factors can be modulated to vary the cross-sectional shape in addition to feature height and width. This feature can then be exploited to improve the robustness of the final printing process. Center for Clean Water and Clean Energy at MIT and KFUPM 2017-04-07T20:45:35Z 2017-04-07T20:45:35Z 2015-06 2015-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2166-0468 2166-0476 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107981 Nietner, Larissa F., and David E. Hardt. “Direct-Write Photolithography for Cylindrical Tooling Fabrication in Roll-to-Roll Microcontact Printing.” Journal of Micro and Nano-Manufacturing 3.3 (2015): 031006. © 2015 ASME https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5186-4744 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4030766 Journal of Micro and Nano-Manufacturing Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| spellingShingle | Nietner, Larissa Franciska Hardt, David E. Direct-Write Photolithography for Cylindrical Tooling Fabrication in Roll-to-Roll Microcontact Printing |
| title | Direct-Write Photolithography for Cylindrical Tooling Fabrication in Roll-to-Roll Microcontact Printing |
| title_full | Direct-Write Photolithography for Cylindrical Tooling Fabrication in Roll-to-Roll Microcontact Printing |
| title_fullStr | Direct-Write Photolithography for Cylindrical Tooling Fabrication in Roll-to-Roll Microcontact Printing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Direct-Write Photolithography for Cylindrical Tooling Fabrication in Roll-to-Roll Microcontact Printing |
| title_short | Direct-Write Photolithography for Cylindrical Tooling Fabrication in Roll-to-Roll Microcontact Printing |
| title_sort | direct write photolithography for cylindrical tooling fabrication in roll to roll microcontact printing |
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