SWAN Lithography for Making Micro and Nano Structures
December 20, 2016 | Terry Sharrer
“Spun-Wrapped Aligned Nanofiber” is the name that engineers at Virginia Tech have applied to their process for making implantable sensors for photonic and plasmonic applications. The process results in a fiber that is 500 times small than the diameter of a human hair which can be applied to any surface shape. Once the surface is etched, the fiber is removed, leaving a nanotextured gold surface. The developers claim that SWAN lithography can do in one minute what other processes would require days or years to accomplish. MORE
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