Nanolithography

DIFILab  hosts a nanofabrication research activity focused on the high-resolution lithography enabled by the novel NanoFrazor instrument.

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NanoFrazor system (Heidelbergh Instruments)

The Nanofrazor is the first commercial instrument that allows direct surface nanostructucturing, even in three dimensions, via thermal-Scanning Probe Lithography. A nanoscale semiconductor tip is heated up in a controlled way to induce local nanopatterning of a thermo-sensitive material (Fig. 2a, b), also acting as a probe for in-situ imaging of the surface at the nanoscale.

This nanolithography has a strong potential in nanotechnology with impact in optoelectronics, nanophotonics, quantum technologies and biosensing.

Sketch della punta del NanoFrazor e immagine di una nanolitografia di film polimerico realizzata con tramite ‘thermal -Scanning Probe Lithography’ (t-SPL)
a, b) Sketch of the NanoFrazor tip and image of a thermal -Scanning Probe Lithography (t-SPL) of a thin polymer film

Highlights

G. Zambito (Physics Department, University of Genova) has been selected as one of the winners of the Heidelberg Instruments Application Image Competition 2022/2023 on Advanced Nano- and Microfabrication (3rd prize, unique prize with a NanoFrazor application).

link to the video 'Fabricating Semiconductor MoS2 Nano-Circuits'