Laser jetting of femto-liter metal droplets for high resolution 3D printed structures

M Zenou, A Sa'Ar, Z Kotler - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Laser induced forward transfer (LIFT) is employed in a special, high accuracy jetting regime,
by adequately matching the sub-nanosecond pulse duration to the metal donor layer …

Time-resolved studies of femtosecond-laser induced melt dynamics

C Unger, J Koch, L Overmeyer, BN Chichkov - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
This work presents time-resolved images of femtosecond-laser-induced melt dynamics in 60
nm gold films on glass substrates. Melt dynamics induced by laser radiation with focus …

Printing of metallic 3D micro-objects by laser induced forward transfer

M Zenou, Z Kotler - Optics Express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Digital printing of 3D metal micro-structures by laser induced forward transfer under ambient
conditions is reviewed. Recent progress has allowed drop on demand transfer of molten …

Laser transfer of metals and metal alloys for digital microfabrication of 3D objects

M Zenou, A Sa'ar, Z Kotler - Small, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Michael Zenou,* Amir Sa'ar, and Zvi Kotler powders.[39–42]“Metal inks” can be prepared
from the colloid phase and can be printed using digital dispensing systems. The metal inks …

Ejection regimes in picosecond laser-induced forward transfer of metals

R Pohl, CW Visser, GW Römer, D Lohse, C Sun… - Physical Review …, 2015 - APS
Laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) is a 3D direct-write method suitable for precision
printing of various materials, including pure metals. To understand the ejection mechanism …

Thermodynamic and stress analysis of laser-induced forward transfer of metals

MV Shugaev, NM Bulgakova - Applied Physics A, 2010 - Springer
On the basis of a two-temperature model taking into account the laser-generated stress
waves, we have performed an analysis of heating and melting dynamics in different metallic …

Digital laser printing of aluminum micro-structure on thermally sensitive substrates

M Zenou, A Sa'ar, Z Kotler - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Aluminum metal is of particular interest for use in printed electronics due to its low cost, high
conductivity and low migration rate in electrically driven organic-based devices. However …

Nano-and microdot array formation of FeSi2 by nanosecond excimer laser-induced forward transfer

A Narazaki, T Sato, R Kurosaki… - Applied physics …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Fabrication of FeSi 2 nano-and microdot array was performed by utilizing droplet ejection
through nanosecond laser-induced forward transfer (ns-LIFT). An amorphous FeSi 2 source …

Role of thermal stresses on pulsed laser irradiation of thin films under conditions of microbump formation and nonvaporization forward transfer

YP Meshcheryakov, MV Shugaev, T Mattle, T Lippert… - Applied Physics A, 2013 - Springer
This paper presents a theoretical analysis of the processes in thin solid films irradiated by
short and ultrashort laser pulses in the regimes of film structuring and laser-induced forward …

Fabrication of periodical micro-stripe structure of polyimide by laser interference induced forward transfer technique

H Shen, Y Wang, L Cao, Y **e, Y Wang, Q Zhang… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Laser induced forward transfer technology has been reported to print various patterns of 2D
and 3D structures in microfabrication for its fascinating characteristics such as non-contact …