Two-photon polymerization (2PP)with ultrashort laser pulses  is a promising three-dimensional microfabrication method that has recently attracted considerable attention . When focused into the volume of a photosensitive material (or photoresist), the pulses initiate two-photon polymerization via two-photon absorption and subsequent polymerization. After illumination of the desired structures inside the photoresist volume and subsequent development — e.g., washing out the nonilluminated regions — the polymerized material remains in the prescribed 3-D form. This allows fabrication of any computer-generated 3-D structure by direct laser “recording” into the volume of a photosensitive material. 

As a result, the technique provides much better structural resolution and quality than the well-known stereolithography method.

We are exploring applications of this technology mainly in  biomedicine, in fields like microfluidics (porous filter integration in microfluidic devices) or  tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (scaffolds for cell growth and differentiation).