English (EN) Services Contact Menu Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL) - SmartNIL® EV Group Technologies Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL) - SmartNIL® Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL) - SmartNIL® A large-area soft UV-nanoimprint lithography process for high-volume manufacturing Introduction Features Figures Introduction EVG is the market-leading equipment supplier for nanoimprint lithography (NIL). Pioneering this non-conventional lithography technique for many years, EVG mastered NIL and has implemented it in volume production on ever-increasing substrate sizes. EVG's proprietary SmartNIL technology is optimized by years of research, development and field experience to address nanopatterning requirements that cannot be supported by conventional lithography. SmartNIL provides superior conformal imprint results down to 40 nm and smaller. NIL has proven to be the most cost-efficient way to enable nano-scale patterns on large areas since it is not limited by sophisticated optics that are required with optical lithography, and since it can provide optimal pattern fidelity for extremely small (sub-100 nm) structures. EVG's SmartNIL is a full-field imprint technology based on UV exposure, providing a powerful next-generation lithography technique with almost unlimited structure size and geometry capabilities. Since SmartNIL incorporates multiple-use soft stamp processing, it also enables unmatched throughput with considerable cost-of-ownership advantages while preserving scalability and maintenance-friendly operation. In addition, the lifetime of the master template is extended to periods comparable to masks used for optical lithography. New application developments are often closely linked to advances in equipment capabilities. SmartNIL is a key enabling technology for many new innovations in displays, biotechnology and photonic applications. For example, SmartNIL provides unmatched full-area conformal imprinting in order to fulfill the most important criteria for wire grid polarizers on panel substrates. SmartNIL is also ideally suited for high-precision patterning of microfluidic chips with complex nanostructures to support the production of next-generation pharmaceutical research and medical diagnostics devices. Furthermore, recent developments in SmartNIL offer additional degrees of freedom to manufacture innovative photonic structures with the highest functionality, smallest form factors and high volumes, which are key for enabling Diffractive Optical Elements (DOEs), optical waveguides and other micro- and nanophotonic elements used for 3D sensing and biometric authentication. Features Volume-proven imprinting technology with superior replication fidelity Proprietary SmartNIL® technology with multiple-use polymer stamp technology Production-proven resolution down to 40 nm and smaller Large-area full-field imprinting Lowest total cost of ownership Imprinting over topographies Alignment capability Room-temperature process Open materials platform Figures Gen 2 panel polarizer imprinted on the EVG®7200 LA EVG® SmartNIL® full-area imprinted 150 mm Si substrate Events SEMICON Europa 2021 MESSE MÜNCHEN | Co-located with Productronica 16.11. - 19.11.2021 Munich, Germany SEMICON Japan 2021 Venue: Tokyo Big Sight/Online 15.12. - 17.12.2021 Tokyo, Japan Show all events Related downloads EVG Solutions for Nanoimprint Lithography Brochure - 1.76 MB SmartNIL® high-pattern-fidelity replication using TOK TPIR™-2000S NL White Paper - 0.86 MB SmartNIL® with High Refractive Index Materials White Paper - 2.3 MB EVG NILPhotonics® Competence Center Flyer - 1.59 MB EVG Solutions for MEMS Brochure - 2.28 MB EVG Solutions for Bio- and Medical Technology Brochure - 2.03 MB EVG Solutions for R&D Brochure - 1.66 MB Talk to our EVG technology experts! 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