A 3D lithography System for Metamaterials, Energy Materials and Biomaterials Engineering and Applications

结构-性能-功能关系在科学和工程研究中起着核心作用。微/纳米结构的设计、制造和控制对于开发新型超材料、能源材料和生物材料及其在MEMS（微机电系统）、电子学、能源器件、组织工程和生物医学微器件中的应用具有重要意义。随着微纳米技术的快速发展，研究人员探索新型结构材料的结构-性能-功能关系的基础和应用提供了前所未有的机会。我们设想出现的是一个新的结构控制精密材料的时代。

Structure-property-function relationships play a central role in science and engineering research. Design, fabrication and control of micro/nanostructures are significantly important for developing innovative metamaterials, energy materials and biomaterials, and their applications in MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems), electronics, energy devices, tissue engineering and biomedical microdevices. As micro/nanofabrication technologies advance rapidly, there are unprecedented opportunities for researchers to explore the fundamentals and applications of structure-property-function relationships of novel structured materials. We envision that emerging is an era of a new class of structurally controlled precision materials. The requested equipment, a 3D lithography micro/nanofabrication system, enables researchers to precisely fabricate and control micro/nanostructures to be desired, which will enable many new novel functions of materials and devices. The requested equipment represents a significant technological advancement in the field of nanotechnology, if funded, which will facilitate many leading edge research activities in Canada, and will have great potential in resulting in breakthrough discoveries in fundamentals and applications of materials science and engineering. The requested equipment will be open for public access and will also provide tremendous training opportunities to Canada’s next generation mechanical and materials engineers.