Model: Desktop R2P NanoImprinter
Purpose: Used to quickly generate replicas from a master via an imprinting process
Equipment description:
The Desktop R2P NanoImprinter is compact UV nanoimprint lithography (NIL) system utilizing pressure and UV light to imprint patterns via a roll-to-plate stamping method. Patterns can be transferred from a flat sample (plate) to a flexible sample affixed to the roll or vice versa.
The power of the NIL tool is its ability to replicate nanoscale features quickly. The QNFCF is host to several direct write lithography tools, which allow arbitrary patterns to be created directly from a computer-based pattern. This flexibility comes at the cost of slow write times, as features in the pattern must be written sequentially. With the Stensborg NIL system, a user can take one of these complex, slow to write master samples, and generate a mould on a flexible substrate. This mould can then be returned to the NIL and used to generate multiple replicas of the original master in a fraction of the time.
This ability to quickly replicate patterns is useful addition to the QNFCF lithography toolset.
System features and options:
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Max imprint size: 105 x 188 mm, thickness up to 11 mm
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Typical replication speed: 60 replicas per hour
- Adjustable imprinting force: 1-1000 N
- UV curing: 395 nm LED with adjustable output power up to 1.8 W/cm
- Variable plate imprinting speed: 0.01 – 5 m/min
