Date of Submission

Spring 2017

Academic Programs and Concentrations

Chemistry

Project Advisor 1

Chris LaFratta

Abstract/Artist's Statement

Presented here is a straightforward and cost-effective hybrid lithography technique. The process uses mask-based photolithography to pattern coarse features and direct laser writing (DLW) to customize features as small as 6 μm using a 20ｘ0.75 NA objective in SU-8, a widely used and commercially available photoresist. SU-8 doped with fluorescein (SU-8F) enabled its use for hybrid lithography because it shows contrast following exposure, as areas exposed absorb in the 450 nm region and unexposed areas do not. On average, DLW features written in SU-8 were 4.7 μm wider than features written in SU-8F. The DLW optical microscope was modified with a 450 nm filter to illuminate the sample, which caused mask-pattern features to appear opaque. The addition of fluorescein to SU-8 decreases its the ability to adhere to a silicon substrate. Using hybrid lithography, we were able to precisely pattern an interdigitated electrode in between two 110 μm leads on a silicon wafer.

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