---
title: "New Technique Allows Low-Cost Creation of 3-D Nanostructures"
description: "Researchers have developed a new lithography technique that uses nanoscale spheres to create three-dimensional (3-D) structures with biomedical, electronic and photonic applications."
date: "2014-12-08"
modified: "2017-09-08"
authors:
  - name: "Futurism"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/admin"
url: "https://futurism.com/new-technique-allows-low-cost-creation-3-d-nanostructures"
categories:
  - "Future Materials"
  - "Nanotech"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "nanotech"
---

# New Technique Allows Low-Cost Creation of 3-D Nanostructures

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/files.jpg>)

- Most conventional lithography uses a variety of techniques to focus light on a photosensitive film to create 2-D patterns - They rely on specialized lenses, electron beams or lasers - all of which are extremely expensive
- The researchers took a different approach, placing nanoscale polystyrene spheres on the surface of the photosensitive film
- The new technique could also be used to create nanoscale "inkjet printers" for printing electronics or biological cells, or to create antennas or photonic components.