Iowa State University will receive $876,577 from the National Science Foundation under a three-year Project Grant for "SINGLE-STEP, RAPIDLY RECONFIGURABLE GRAYSCALE NANOPRINTING BY LIGHT-CONTROLLED NANOCAPILLARY EFFECT." The funding supports research from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024 under the NSF's Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program.
The grant aims to develop new nanomanufacturing techniques using light-controlled nanocapillary effects to enable single-step, rapidly reconfigurable grayscale nanoprinting. This has the potential to advance precision manufacturing by allowing complex multi-material nanostructures to be printed in a single pass with high resolution and without masks or resists. The research is being conducted at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The funding and timeframe indicate the project entails applied engineering research to help realize these nanofabrication capabilities.
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