Additive Manufacturing using Electrons and Organic Ices

Abstract: The journey starts with making nanopatterns in water ice, and using this technology to build nanopore DNA sequencing devices. Today, it has evolved into cutting-edge additive manufacturing technology. The finest features are just 3 nm, and the largest patterns are 1 mm. The starting materials are organic ices, and they are cross-linked or polymerized by a focused electron beam into organic network materials. Research application examples are neurotechnologies, quantum technologies, sustainable plastic production, and telecommunications.
 
Bio: Associate Prof. Anpan Han studied theoretical and biophysics at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He joined the IMT, University of Neuchâtel, in 2002 and received his PhD in 2006. From 2008 until 2011 he worked as a postdoc in the Harvard Nanopore Group. From 2011 – 2014, he was in charge of setting up cleanroom facilities at Aarhus University, Denmark. In 2018 he was appointed associate professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark.  His research focusses on additive manufacturing and MEMS technologies for medical applications. He is co-responsible for additive manufacturing courses.