Laser-Directed Microbubble Printing
Light focused within a colloidal dispersion can result in heating of the solvent and the formation of a microbubble. Convective flow then drags colloids toward the microbubble, where they are immobilized on the substrate. Such laser-induced microbubbles have the capability to direct both material growth and particle assembly to pattern specific areas in a rapid and directed manner without the need for lithographic templates. This approach has great potential to advance applications in sensing, optoelectronics, and lab-on-chip devices.
Summary
Selected Publications
Marcel Herber, Bianca Hanly, Eric H. Hill
​ACS: Applied Materials and Interfaces 2025, 17, 38269−38279
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Claire Hotton, Erwan Paineau, Eric H. Hill
Bubble Printing of Anisotropic Clay Nanotubes
​Advanced Optical Materials 2025, 2500373
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Marcel Herber, Eric H. Hill
Optically-Directed Bubble Printing of MXenes on Flexible Substrates Toward MXene-Enabled Wearable Electronics and Strain Sensors
Nano Letters 2025, 25, 7258-726
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Marcel Herber, Daniel Lengle, Silvano Valandro, Moritz Wehrmeister, Eric H. Hill
Bubble Printing of Ti3C2TX MXene for Patterning Conductive and Plasmonic Nanostructures
Nano Letters 2023, 23(14), 6308-6314
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Eric H. Hill, Claire Goldmann, Cyrille Hamon, Marcel Herber
Laser-Driven Bubble-Printing of Plasmonic Nanoparticle Assemblies onto Non-Plasmonic Substrates
J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126(17), 7622-7629