Ultra-Fast Nanoscale Manufacturing

Manufacturing at the nanoscale in just minutes, with higher fidelity.

About the Technology

Fabrication in three dimensions at the micro-and nanoscale could benefit industries ranging from nanophotonics to clean energy and biomedicine. But current nanofabrication technologies are very slow, making industrial scaling impractical. Our innovation reduces nanoscale manufacturing time from days to just minutes, unlocking the potential of ultra-small fabrication across industries.

Our platform uses a nonlinear process called upconversion to trigger polymerization in 3D printing resins only where light is focused, enabling nanoscale precision at low power. Combined with a massively parallel optical engine made of wafer-scale metalens arrays, we scale printing throughput with 120,000+ individually controllable focal spots to greater than 108 voxels per second with a printing area of more than 12 cm2. The system achieves results that are a step change above current processes: lateral features down to 230 nm and throughput up to 112 million voxels per second at 7.0 nW per voxel. 

Working with the HIT Fund, the team will pursue commercialization of our technology by conducting customer discovery for both early adopters and broader market segments, and validate means of increasing manufacturing capabilities to meet customer needs.

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