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# FABulous 3D

FABrication of 3D metasurfaces

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- [New Publication Alert!](https://fabulous3d.eu/2026/03/12/new-publication-alert/) - Two-photon polymerization (TPP), a form of nanoscale 3D printing using ultrafast laser pulses, can create structures with sub-micron detail, but getting prints to match the intended design is challenging1. The process involves complex physics: nonlinear light absorption, chemical reactions, and diffusion effects that often cause features to come out too small, too large, or distorted,
- [Functional surfaces: Industry-centred use cases webinar - recording now available](https://fabulous3d.eu/2025/10/23/functional-surfaces-industry-centred-use-cases-webinar-recording-now-available/) - The webinar by FABulous and our EU-funded sister projects on “Functional surfaces: Industry-centred use cases”? is now available. You can watch the recording of our experts discussing the latest advances in laser-based and advanced surface treatment technological innovations to tackle real-world surface challenges here: Functional Surfaces Industry-centered Use Cases. The projects collaborating in this webinar
- [Innovation in Action: Horizon Europe Projects Showcase Functional Surface Breakthroughs](https://fabulous3d.eu/2025/10/07/innovation-in-action-horizon-europe-projects-showcase-functional-surface-breakthroughs/) - On Wednesday, October 7th, the FABulous project co-delivered an industry focused webinar alongside our sister projects Sure2Coat, CLASCO, SYNTECS and BILASURF. The webinar was on the topic of Functional Surfaces: Industry-Focused Use Cases and brought together experts and innovators from across Europe to explore the latest advances and real-world applications emerging from cutting-edge research. The five
- [International Laser Week at AIMEN](https://fabulous3d.eu/2025/10/02/international-laser-week-at-aimen/) - FABulous coordinator AIMEN Centro Tecnológico is hosting their 10th International Laser Week, between the 13–17 October 2025. This exciting week, which includes workshops, innovation, and knowledge-sharing events on the topic of laser technology and materials processing, will include a targeted workshop on the 16th of October which is co-hosted by FABulous and the OPeraTIC Horizon
- [Functional Surfaces Webinar: Industry-centered use cases, 7th October 2025, 2pm CEST](https://fabulous3d.eu/2025/10/01/webinar-functional-surfaces-industry-centered-use-cases-7th-october-2025-2pm-cest/) - On Tuesday the 7th of October, at 2pm CEST, FABulous and other projects in the Horizon Europe Twin Transition-01-02 project cluster (BILASURF, CLASCO, Sure2Coat and SYNTECS) will be delivering a webinar on the topic of 'Functional surfaces: Industry-centered use cases'. Experts from across the project will discuss the latest advances in laser-based and advanced
- [The second issue of the FABulous Newsletter published!](https://fabulous3d.eu/2025/03/03/the-second-issue-of-the-fabulous-newsletter-published/) - The FABulous team are pleased to announce the release of the 2nd issue of the FABulous Newsletter. This issue shares details of our recent progress in the development of methods for the industrial design and manufacture of optical metasurfaces within real world products. We also highlight the development of our innovative training resources - and
- [Celebrating Milestones: The FABulous Project Reaches Its Halfway Point](https://fabulous3d.eu/2024/12/05/celebrating-milestones-the-fabulous-project-reaches-its-halfway-point/) - 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.
- [FABulous at COLA 2024](https://fabulous3d.eu/2024/10/08/fabulous-at-cola-2024/) - Last week FABulous project coordinator Francisco Gontad attended the 17th International Conference on Laser Ablation in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece. He presented on the topic of parallel 3D microfabrication using an SLM display which is one of the approaches being explored by FABulous in our efforts to develop a high throughput approach for the manufacturing of
- [FABulous at Metamaterials 24](https://fabulous3d.eu/2024/09/16/fabulous-at-metamaterials-24/) - Last week FABulous partner FORTH hosted the 18th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena. This week long event aimed to share the latest results of the metamaterials research and bring together the engineering, physics, applied mathematics and material science communities working on artificial materials and their applications in electromagnetism/optics, acoustics/mechanics, transport, and
- [FABulous in the news!](https://fabulous3d.eu/2024/09/02/fabulous-in-the-news/) - A recent interview with Professor Kevin Heggarty from the department of Optics and Photonics at IMT Atlantique, has now been published in I'M Tech. The article describes Professor Heggarty's work on the FABulous project and expected achievements for the general public. Check out the full article (in French) here.
- [FABulous at UPLAMP 2024](https://fabulous3d.eu/2024/07/04/fabulous-at-uplamp-2024/) - This week Jaime Cuartero Del Pozo from AIMEN Centro Tecnológico attended the LAMP 2024 Summer School on Ultra-short Pulse Laser Applications in Material Processing, in Vilnius Lithuania. During the summer school Jaime presented the FABulous project and shared the latest results on our work to develop new lithography based methods for the manufacturing of optical
- [EU Projects Special Session at LPM 2024](https://fabulous3d.eu/2024/06/13/eu-projects-special-session-at-lpm-2024/) - On the 13th of June 2024 FABulous coordinator Francisco Gontad participated in the EU Projects Special Session during the 25th International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication. The aim of the special session was to bring together researchers from ambitious EU funded projects to foster cross-project collaboration and support the dissemination of the project objectives, results,
- [Reviewing project progress in Brest, France.](https://fabulous3d.eu/2024/06/27/reviewing-project-progress-in-brest-france/) - This week the FABulous team met up in the beautiful Brest to review the progress of the project and discuss the next steps in the development of new tools, techniques and technologies for the industrial manufacturing of optical metasurfaces. The project is making good progress in the development of new methods and design tools for
- [FABulous at the EFFRA Manufacturing Partnership Days](https://fabulous3d.eu/2024/05/24/fabulous-at-the-effra-manufacturing-partnership-days/) - FABulous was delighted to participate in the EFFRA Manufacturing partenrship days this month. During this event we had the opportunity to network with other HorizonEurope and Horizon2020 manufacturing projects. Our coordinator, Francisco Gontad from AIMEN Centro Tecnológico, showcased the FABulous alongside two of our cluster projects, BILASURF and Sure2Coat, who are also advancing research in
- [FABulous partners at SPIE Photonics Europe / SPIE Optical System Design](https://fabulous3d.eu/2024/04/03/fabulous-partners-at-spie-photonics-europe-spie-optical-system-design/) - Next week the FABulous partners will be heading to Strasbourg,France for the SPIE Photonics Europe and SPIE Optical System Design Conferences. FABulous researcher Florie Ogor will be giving an invited presentation on the topic of 'Modelling and compensating proximity effects in a massively parallelized multi-photon photoplotter', at Photonics Europe. Whilst session 4 of SPIE Computational Optics
- [FABulous researcher wins 3rd prize at SPIE Computational Optics 2024 Best Student Awards](https://fabulous3d.eu/2024/04/15/fabulous-researcher-wins-3rd-prize-at-spie-computational-optics-2024-best-student-awards/) - Congratulations to Valeria Sedova from Fraunhofer IISB who won 3rd prize at the SPIE Best Student Award Ceremony for her paper on advances in modelling and optimization for two-photon lithography. Valeria is a PhD Researcher within the Computational Lithography and Optics group at IISB, led by Professor Andreas Erdmann. Her research focuses on integrated design and
- [Promoting the FABulous Project](https://fabulous3d.eu/2023/11/16/promoting-the-fabulous-project/) - Last week FABulous coordinator Francisco Gontad, traveled to Braga, Portugal, to participate in the INL Global- Local Photonics Meetup celebrated at the INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory. This event aims to connect universities, research organisations and enterprises to exchange insights around the challenges and advances in the field of Photonics R&D. During the meeting
- [FABulous at Laser World of Photonics 2023](https://fabulous3d.eu/2023/06/29/fabulous-at-laser-world-of-photonics-2023/) - This week the FABulous coordinator AIMEN Centro Tecnológico attended Laser World of Photonics in Munich and used the event to showcase their European Research projects including FABulous. This event was a great opportunity to network with people interested in enabling photonics technologies and to promote FABulous work to develop industrially relevant photonics based technology for
- [European Research project, FABulous, aims to revolutionise 3D metasurface fabrication](https://fabulous3d.eu/2022/12/12/european-research-project_fabulous/) - In December 2022 the FABulous consortium launched a new initiative to enable the next generation of high efficiency optical products. UNITED KINGDOM, January 19, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The FABulous Project, which stands for “FABrication of 3D metasurfaces to enable the next generation of high efficiency optical products”, is an initiative led by AIMEN (Asociación de
- [Celebrating the launch of the FABulous project!](https://fabulous3d.eu/2022/12/15/celebrating-the-launch-of-the-fabulous-project/) - On the 13th of December 2023 the FABulous project held the first full meeting of the consortium. This highly productive meeting was the perfect launch.

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- [FABulous - FABrication of 3D metasurfaces](https://fabulous3d.eu/) - FABulous – FABrication of 3D metasurfaces - FABulous will develop and demonstrate a manufacturing process that enables industrial scale design and manufacturing of functional 3D metasurfaces through direct laser writing
- [FABulous Final Workshop](https://fabulous3d.eu/fabulous-final-workshop/) - The FABulous Final Workshop Ultrashort pulse laser microfabrication: shaping the future of manufacturing AIMEN International Laser Week 26 On Wednesday 28th of October FABulous, in collaboration with the OPeraTIC and METAMORPHA projects, will host it’s final workshop during AIMEN International Laser Week 2026. The workshop will highlight advances in laser-based precision and micro-manufacturing for functional surfaces, demonstrating
- [Publications](https://fabulous3d.eu/publications/) - FABulous - Publications - Laser advanced micro manufacturing at AIMEN
- [Training](https://fabulous3d.eu/training/) - Welcome to the FABulous training portal! This area will be populated with resources designed to help you understand and apply the tools and techniques developed by FABulous. Our training materials will make it easy to develop your skills in the use of FABulous technologies and understand the concepts behind metasurfaces and their applications. Whether you’re
- [STEM Training](https://fabulous3d.eu/stem-training/) - Science, technology, engineering and mathematics training resources The following training introduces the principles and applications of metasurfaces, bridging theory with hands-on innovation. Here you will learn how engineered nanostructures revolutionise light manipulation, enabling breakthroughs in a range of applications from imaging to sensing, and communications. Introduction to STEM training STEM Education Workshop Introduction
- [Project](https://fabulous3d.eu/project/) - FABulous will develop and demonstrate a new laser-based platform for the high-throughput and high efficiency manufacturing of optical metasurfaces.
- [Research Cluster](https://fabulous3d.eu/clusteringactivities/) - FABulous is part of the Horizon Europe Twin Transition-01-02 project cluster. Our sister projects are also working on the development of new surface treatments specifically targeting and enabling end-products with the purpose of reducing the end-products’ energy usage and/or environmental footprint. The members of the cluster are working together to share our results and showcase
- [Videos](https://fabulous3d.eu/project-videos/) - FABulous Explainer Video Interview: Francisco Gontad, FABulous Coordinator, AIMEN Centro Tecnologico. Interview: Kevin Heggarty, Professor of Optics from IMT Atlantique. Interview: Lieven Penninck, CEO of PlanOpSim. Interview: Jonas Wiedenmann, head of TPP development at Heidelberg Instruments. Interview: Christian Schwemmer, researcher, IISB Interview: Andreas Erdmann, head of lithography simulation, Fraunhofer IISB Interview: Valeriia Sedova, PhD student,
- [Research](https://fabulous3d.eu/research-results/) - Microfabrication method development FABulous investigates complimentary approaches for high resolution (2E7 voxels/s), multi-photon printing of 3D metasurfaces. The aim is to identify the optimum method for manufacturing metasurfaces with different applications. Massively parallelised lithographic printing: This approach is based on massively parallelised lithographic printing which has been shown to enable writing of
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- [Partners](https://fabulous3d.eu/partners/) - The FABulous project will be delivered by a consortium of 11 European partners, coordinated by AIMEN’s senior researcher Francisco Gontad, with the aim of developing an industrial surface ‘coating’ technology that exploits breakthroughs in multiphoton lithography and process modelling to manufacture high resolution 3D metasurfaces at a throughput viable for series production. AIMENASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION
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