Supplementary Information

Fabrication of 3D structures via Dip in Laser Lithography (DiLL)

Here is an example of the fabrication process using Dip in Laser Lithography (DiLL).

First off you have to create a 3D model. For our presentation we created a 3D CINSaT model.

For the printing process the system software divides the 3D model into layers. This step is called slicing and the thickniss of the layers can be adjusted manually by the user. The next step is to fill in the layers with the voxels. Here, the voxel size can be changed too. Both steps combined create the laser path during the printing process.

Slicing
Hatching/Filling

Finally the print job is saved and can be used for further coding. In our example here we created a dose test where the scanspeed and the laserpower is varied in an array. Below you can see the output.

Display of the laserpower
Display of the scanspeed

The software also estimates the time of the printing process. In our case the estimated time is 3:25 min. However, later the real printing time was 2:17 min.

Display of the estimated processing time

Supplementary Videos

These video clips show a simulation of the printing process and the printing process itself that can be observed with a camera.

Simulation

Userinterface and trailer of the printing process.

Print process of CINSaT Logo

Recording of printing process. Via an inbuilt camera the printing process can be observed.

Afterwards the remaining liquid resist is removed with a developer and the structures are finished. The dosetest shows that in our quick test there is one 3D structure with the optimal parameters for the scanspeed and laserpower combined. 

Reversible Shape and Chemical Properties Changing 2D Structures

Reversible Shape Changing 2D Structures

Results of tempering

30 mg/mL in Polystyrene (1:1)
10 mg/mL in Polystyrene (1:1)

 

The measurement results of width and length were plotted on a curve. We can clearly see that heat relaxes the strain caused by photoinduced stretching. From the slope of the curves, it can be seen that the structures are shrinking. We also can see that a lower concentration has a higher shrinkage. 


Results of perpendicular expose

30 mg/mL in Polystyrene (1:1)
10 mg/mL in Polystyrene (1:1)

 

The measurement results of width and length were plotted on a curve. Instead of the shrinkage like in 1st method, we have a geometry change of the shape. At a higher conentration (30 mg/ml) the shape reverse to the initial state, after the second perpendicular expose, we have a shift in the direction of the width.