4th International Conference "Polymer Replication on Nanoscale"

The industry prefers methods for low-cost mass production of polymeric parts with a high level of throughput and reproducibility, e.g. injection molding or roll-to-roll processing. However, these methods have not been regarded as scientific tools due to the high-cost master tools. The aim of the conference is to meet the industrial needs to enable functional nanostructured surfaces of commercial injection molds, extruded or roll-to-roll replicated products.

The challenge is to transfer the low-volume/lab-scale fabrication of micro-and nanostructures, created by state-of-the-art equipment at university level, to industrial injection molding, extrusion and continuous replication processes.

Scope of the conference

The conference will address issues in large scale replication of nanostructures in polymeric materials including Fabrication of molds or shims for injection molding.

• Fabrication of structured molds, inserts or shims for polymer replication
• Industrial replication technologies, injection molding and roll-to-roll techniques
• Materials for replication of polymer micro- and nanostructures
• Metrology and characterization of micro- and nanostructured polymer surfaces
• Simulation and computing of phenomena in micro- and nanoscale replication

Poster session

Applications for participating at the poster session are still possible. Please send your abstract to: prn@ipt.fraunhofer.de