Microscale Rapid Prototyping

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Microscale Rapid Prototyping
Prototyping
Microscale
Rapid

• Melissa Appel
• Eric Dávila
• Andrew Maclennan

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Overview
Overview
Overview
Overview
Overview

• Review
• Purpose
• Modeling
• Problems Encountered
• Accomplishments
• Current Work
• The Overhang!
• New Materials
• Future Work
• Our Website

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Purpose
Purpose
Purpo
Purpose
Purpose
Purpose

• To Discover More about Butterfly Wings by
  Modeling Their Scale Structures

• How they Trap Heat
• How they Display Colors

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Modeling
Modeling
Modeling
Modeling
Modeling

• Single Layer Structure
• Spin out a Thin Layer of SU-8 on a Glass Slide
• Cure a Pattern in the SU-8 Using UV Light
• Develop the Slide to Wash Away Unexposed SU-8

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Problems Encountered
Problems
Problems
Problems
Problems
Encountered

• Stage Movement
• Spin Coater
• FSC/SU-8 Interaction
• Align Cure Pattern
• Offset for UV Curing
• Multilayer Overhang

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Accomplishments
Accomp
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
Accomplishments

• Worked Around Stage Disadvantages
• New Spin Coater
• Experimented With Different
• Materials
• Second Light to Align Cure
• Pattern
• Optimized Offset for UV Curing

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Current Work
Current
Current
Current
Work
Current
Tape
FSC

• The Overhang!

NOA81
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Current Work
Nail Polish
Nail Polish
Nail
Nail Polish
Polish

• New Materials
• Polyurethane
• Varnish
• Nail Polish

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Future Work
Future
Future
Future
Future
Work

• Improve Stage
• Make Structures Smaller
• Experiment With New Materials
• Multilayer Overhang

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Our Website
Website
Website
Website
Website
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