MICRO-MANUFACTURING
We offer R&D, prototyping and batch micro fabrication services in glass, polymers, metals, ceramics and other materials.
Selective Etching
Glass and sapphire 3D structures. Laser beam affected areas are chemically etched to obtain clean, crisp structures.
Arbitrary 3D shape with possibilities of large structures (up to centimeters)
Relatively high surface quality (1 µm RMS)
Feature size from 5 mm up to 100 nanometers
Non-assembled moving constructions and micro devices
Combined with additive manufacturing of the same Laser Nanofactory machine can produce built-in 3D structures (such as lab-on-chip with microfilters inside the fluid channels)
Ablation
Low thermal effect during fabrication (cold processing)
High resolution and high quality lines and cuts with no post-processing with surface roughness up to 2 microns
Applicable to most materials
Fast and clear cutting, drilling, ablation, marking
Eliminate cost and time of post-processing
Ablation: Surface Modification
Femto-second laser based surface modification of metals, glass and other materials permanently changes surface wetting properties:
optical (structural colouring)
hydrophobic
antibacterial
anti-corrosive
self-cleaning
Hierarchical nanogrooves on micro-features replicate a lotus leaf.
grooves
While single or split laser beam surface modification was successful in laboratory, speed was not satisfactory for larger surfaces.
Today we are commercializing the fast surface modification technology with potential to reduce costs and enhance product features in the following industries:
Marine, oil&gas (anti-fouling) - savings on anti-fouling mean reapplication, fouling removal and fuel costs
Aviation, energy transmission (anti-icing)
Space (self-cleaning, antibacterial, self-lubricating, optical coating alternative)
Medical devices and implants (antibacterial)
If you are interested to explore this technology for your products or commercialization partnership, we invite you to get in touch with us.