New nano materials for nano machines.
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Microscale and nanoscale machines are used in a wide range of industries such as aerospace, automotive, biotech and manufacturing.
An EU-funded project is helping to extend the scope of nanotech. The 'Academia and company collaboration and technology transfer in advanced polymers' (Acapoly) project is working to develop a new set of materials for micro/nano electro-mechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) technologies. The polymer materials under development are Ormocer and SU-8, and the objective is to modify them so they can be processed using electron beam lithography, direct laser writing (DWL), UV-nano imprint lithography (UV-NIL) and ink-jet printing (IJP). More
Contact: Jurgen Brügger (LMIS1 - Laboratoire de microsystèmes 1)