The FABulous team are pleased to report a major milestone in the FABulous Project—a cutting-edge initiative aimed at advancing surface coating technology. The project has officially reached its halfway point, demonstrating remarkable progress in leveraging multiphoton lithography and process modeling to revolutionize the high-resolution manufacturing of 3D metasurfaces at a scale suitable for series production.
To mark this achievement, the FABulous team recently met up for a two-day event hosted by Heidelberg Instruments in Würzburg, Germany. The meeting served as a vital opportunity to assess our progress in the design and fabrication of optical metasurfaces, which have promising applications across various industries. It was an interactive event in which project partners exchanged insights from ongoing research efforts and collaborated on strategic plans for the next phase of development.
Looking Ahead: The Path to Industrialization
As we transition into the next phase of the project, our focus will shift to industrializing the FABulous approach. Key priorities include industrialising the FABulous approach for rapid (>10cm2/min) micro-fabrication of high-resolution (<200nm) 3D structures, through the development of new production tools to optimise the design and integration of the metasurfaces into functional products. With particular attention paid to evaluation of the environmental impact of the FABulous solution for producing metasurface-enabled products. This next step is crucial as we work toward making these innovative technologies commercially viable and enabling sustainable and circular manufacturing.
A Special Thank You to Our Partners
We extend our thanks to the exceptional team at Heidelberg Instruments for their warm hospitality and for showcasing their innovative techniques in metasurface manufacturing. Their expertise, combined with the collective efforts of all FABulous partners, continues to drive the project’s success.
Stay tuned as we embark on this exciting next chapter of the FABulous Project, bringing us closer to a future where high-resolution metasurfaces become a standard in advanced manufacturing.
