Corporate Partnerships Continue to Bring High-Value Nanomanufacturing Tools at ERC
Outcome/Accomplishment
The University of Texas at Austin's Nanomanufacturing Systems Center (NASCENT), an NSF-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC), is collaborating with U.K.-based Emerson & Renwick and the Massachusetts-based Bruker Corporation to bring unique and high-value nanomanufacturing tools to the Center's Nanodevice Manufacturability Fabrication facility.
Impact/Benefits
The Center's partnerships with Emerson & Renwick and the Bruker Corporation facilitate the manufacture of nanometer-scaled patterns on materials that become the basis for making semiconductor devices and other flexible electronics. The Center's facility consists of a variety of nanofabrication capabilities and aims to make production of these devices less expensive.
Explanation/Background
The ERC has a partnership with engineering company Emerson & Renwick to jointly develop roll-to-roll (R2R) nanofabrication systems and processes. R2R manufacturing creates electronics on a roll of flexible plastic or metal foil, and is a key process for making more mundane products such as Scotch tape and paper towels. Emerson & Renwick upgraded a reactive ion etch tool, which can engrave a variety of inorganic materials and metals, enabling reliable pattern transfer to web-based substrates. The company also plans to deliver to the Center R2R and roll-to-plate nanoimprint lithography tools, capable of fabricating large area nanometer patterns.
The Bruker Corporation successfully installed at the Center a laser direct-write patterning tool (the SF-100 Lightning Plus) that can create a pattern with only a computer-generated image of the design, without hard or soft lithography tools. This technology enables template writing for R2R fabrication of flexible electronics.
Location
Austin, Texaswebsite
Start Year
Advanced Manufacturing
Advanced Manufacturing
Lead Institution
Core Partners
Fact Sheet
Outcome/Accomplishment
The University of Texas at Austin's Nanomanufacturing Systems Center (NASCENT), an NSF-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC), is collaborating with U.K.-based Emerson & Renwick and the Massachusetts-based Bruker Corporation to bring unique and high-value nanomanufacturing tools to the Center's Nanodevice Manufacturability Fabrication facility.
Location
Austin, Texaswebsite
Start Year
Advanced Manufacturing
Advanced Manufacturing
Lead Institution
Core Partners
Fact Sheet
Impact/benefits
The Center's partnerships with Emerson & Renwick and the Bruker Corporation facilitate the manufacture of nanometer-scaled patterns on materials that become the basis for making semiconductor devices and other flexible electronics. The Center's facility consists of a variety of nanofabrication capabilities and aims to make production of these devices less expensive.
Explanation/Background
The ERC has a partnership with engineering company Emerson & Renwick to jointly develop roll-to-roll (R2R) nanofabrication systems and processes. R2R manufacturing creates electronics on a roll of flexible plastic or metal foil, and is a key process for making more mundane products such as Scotch tape and paper towels. Emerson & Renwick upgraded a reactive ion etch tool, which can engrave a variety of inorganic materials and metals, enabling reliable pattern transfer to web-based substrates. The company also plans to deliver to the Center R2R and roll-to-plate nanoimprint lithography tools, capable of fabricating large area nanometer patterns.
The Bruker Corporation successfully installed at the Center a laser direct-write patterning tool (the SF-100 Lightning Plus) that can create a pattern with only a computer-generated image of the design, without hard or soft lithography tools. This technology enables template writing for R2R fabrication of flexible electronics.