(1) Department LPMO, CNRS UMR 6174, FEMTO-ST, 32 Avenue de l’Observatoire, 25044 Besancon Cedex, France;(2) Centre de Transfert en Micro et Nanotechnologies (CTMN), 39 Avenue de l’Observatoire, BP 1445, 25007 Besancon Cedex 3, France
Abstract:
Manufacturing moulds in non-metallic tooling materials using non-conventional structuring techniques is explored for rapid
and/or alternative tooling for hot-embossing of polymers. Some challenges and advantages of producing embossing tools by deep
reactive ion etching in silicon and/or replica-casting in poly(dimethylsiloxane) and utilizing them in the replication process
are highlighted.