This month we are focusing on the\ upgraded capabilities of our Nanoscribe (located in the Marcus Biocleanroom). A major challenge is when we scale up to a usable part size in the micron scale, we are hit with very long print times that can last a whole week! For example, a print that is 1cm x 1 cm x 500 μm will take 96 hours to print. The new upgrade allows for faster printing by reducing the time by a factor of 10. From Nanoscribe CEO Martin Hermatschweiler, “With this relaunch of our extremely successful generation of Photonic Professional devices, we have now succeeded in overcoming previous physical limitations and increasing the performance of the devices by a factor of up to 10 in terms of productivity and speed."
Maximum print size in the Z direction has increased from 2mm to 8mm allowing for much larger parts to be constructed without sacrificing the resolution that comes with 2-Photon-Polymerization. This tool comes with a new resist, IP-Q, designed to print these large structures. This resist is geared to microfluidic “lab on a chip” development where researchers will be able to rapidly prototype different microfluidic chambers to assist with their designs. With this new addition to the Marcus Cleanrooms, we can provide faster and better solutions to researchers who are working in this new field of medicine & POC devices.
Location: Marcus Organic Suite 6 | Room 1268