Photosensitive glass vase

Photosensitive glass, also known as photostructurable glass (PSG) or photomachinable glass, is a glass in the lithium-silicate family of glasses onto which images can be etched using short wave radiations such as ultraviolet light.[1] Photosensitive glass was first discovered by S. Donald Stookey in 1937.[2][3][4]

Exposure process

When the glass is exposed to UV light with wavelengths between 280–320 nm, a latent image is formed. The glass remains transparent at this stage, but its ability to absorb UV light increases. This increased absorption is only detectable using UV transmission spectroscopy and is caused by an oxidation reduction reaction that occurs inside the glass during exposure. This reaction causes cerium ions to oxidize to a more stable state, and silver ions are reduced to silver.[5]

Post-exposure heat treatment

The latent image captured in the glass is made visible by heating.[6][2][4] This heat treatment is done by raising the temperature to about 500 °C to allow the oxidation-reduction reaction to form silver nanoclusters. Following this, the temperature is raised to 550–560 °C and lithium metasilicate (Li2SiO3) forms on the silver nanoclusters. This material forms in the crystalline phase.[6]

HF chemical etching

The lithium metasilicate in the exposed regions of the glass can by etched by hydrofluoric acid (HF). This forms glass microstructures with a roughness in the range of 5 μm, resulting in a three-dimensional image of the mask to be produced.[1] to 0.7 μm.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Dietrich, T.R; Ehrfeld, W; Lacher, M; Krämer, M; Speit, B (1996). "Fabrication technologies for microsystems utilizing photoetchable glass". Microelectronic Engineering. 30 (1–4): 497–504. doi:10.1016/0167-9317(95)00295-2.
  2. 1 2 Paul, p. 333
  3. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica, pp. 194–209
  4. 1 2 Maluf, pp. 62–63
  5. ↑ "Photodefinable Glass Processing - khalidtantawi". sites.google.com.
  6. 1 2 3 "Processing of photosensitive APEX glass structures with smooth and transparent sidewalls by Khalid H Tantawi, Janeczka Oates, Reza Kamali, Nathan Bergquist and John D Williams, Journal of Micromech. & Microeng. 21 (2011)".

Bibliography

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  • Parker, Sybil P., Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., (2003) - "photosensitive glass," ISBN 0-07-042313-X,
  • Maluf, Nadim et al., Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems Engineering, Artech House, 2004, ISBN 1-58053-590-9
  • Paul, Amal, Chemistry of Glasses, Springer, 1990, ISBN 0-412-27820-0
  • Stookey, S. Donald, Journey to the Center of the Crystal Ball : An Autobiography, American Ceramic Society (1985), ISBN 0-916094-69-3
  • Stookey, S. Donald, Explorations in Glass: An Autobiography, Wiley-Blackwell (2000), ISBN 1-57498-124-2
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