TERA-print has developed the world’s first commercial cantilever-free scanning probe lithography instruments. These tools utilize dense arrays of 10,000s-100,000s of nanosharp probes to rapidly pattern mm-to-cm-scale surfaces with high resolution. The TERA-Fab M series instrument provides researchers with the ability to contact print a wide variety of organic and inorganic molecular inks in high-throughput and with resolution as low as 100 nm. This tool allows users to deposit well-defined patterns of small molecules and self-assembled monolayers onto a surface to modify local chemistry and create affinity patterns, as well as generate arrays of biomolecules for sensing and cell studies. The M series also opens up the possibility of synthesizing large-scale combinatorial libraries of positionally encoded nanomaterials varied in size and composition for accelerated discovery of structures with new catalytic, optical, or other physicochemical properties. The TERA-Fab E series instrument uses the array of probes to guide and focus light onto a surface achieving diffraction unlimited resolution down to 250 nm. By combining the massively parallel probe array with an advanced digital light processing system to unlock individual control of probes and dual-wavelength light illumination, the E series enables rapid generation of arbitrary, high-resolution patterns with a broad spectrum of photochemistries in a mask-free manner. This platform is well suited for rapid prototyping of micro- and nanoelectronic circuits, microfluidic devices, bioscaffolds for tissue engineering, and other applications demanding for highly localized photochemistry.
About the Speaker
Dr Andrey Ivankin is a co-founder and the CTO at TERA-print where he leads a team of ambitious scientists and engineers on unlocking the potential of cantilever-free scanning probe lithography. During his tenure, not only has TERA-print launched two commercial, award-winning nanolithography platforms, but Dr. Ivankin also co-founded Stoicheia, Inc., which seeks to significantly accelerate materials discovery utilizing TERA-print’s technology. Prior to the entrepreneurial present, Dr. Ivankin worked on advancing micro- and nanofabrication techniques at Northwestern and Northeastern Universities. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Seminar Link: https://zoom.us/j/93700587484
