High-Quality Large-Magnification Polymer Lens from Needle Moving Technique and Thermal Assisted Moldless Fabrication Process

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作者
Amarit, Ratthasart [1 ]
Kopwitthaya, Atcha [1 ]
Pongsoon, Prasit [1 ]
Jarujareet, Ungkarn [1 ]
Chaitavon, Kosom [1 ]
Porntheeraphat, Supanit [1 ]
Sumriddetchkajorn, Sarun [1 ]
Koanantakool, Thaweesak [2 ]
机构
[1] Natl Elect & Comp Technol Ctr NECTEC, Pathum Thani, Thailand
[2] NSTDA, Pathum Thani, Thailand
来源
PLOS ONE | 2016年 / 11卷 / 01期
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10.1371/journal.pone.0146414
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The need of mobile microscope is escalating as well as the demand of high quality optical components in low price. We report here a novel needle moving technique to fabricate milli-size lens together with thermal assist moldless method. Our proposed protocol is able to create a high tensile strength structure of the lens and its base which is beneficial for exploiting in convertinga smart phone to be a digital microscope. We observe that no bubble trapped in a lens when this technique is performed which can overcome a challenge problem found in a typical dropping technique. We demonstrate the symmetry, smoothness and micron-scale resolution of the fabricated structure. This proposed technique is promising to serve as high quality control mass production without any expensive equipment required.
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