Metallic architectures with nanoscale features are in high demand because of their unique electrical and optical properties, but aren’t the easiest to fabricate…unless 3D printing comes into play, of course.
A collaborative team of Irish researchers from Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University, and the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital published a paper, titled “Tunable metallic nanostructures using 3D printed nanosphere templates,” about their use of two-photon polymerization to create polymer spheres.
The researchers can easily control the pitch, size, and “packing” of the spheres at the sub-micrometer scale, and can then create metallic nanostructures like gold nanodiamonds by electrodepositing gold through a template.
Source: 3DPNEWS.COM
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