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Precisely focused lasers help manufacture objects too small for the human eye to see.
Placid Ferreira of the Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign enlists lasers to help manufacture objects too small for the human eye to see. The laser micro-transfer printer makes it possible to use a wider range of materials in nanomanufacturing.
Ferreira's printer's high-resolution vertical optical column allows precision alignment of the stamp and application of the laser beam, while the lower part has adjustable tilt angles for the surface that receives nano "ink" from the stamp.
Learn more about advanced manufacturing at www.nsf.gov/madetoorder.Credit: Placid M. Ferreira, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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