Materials List:
Designing With Light:
How Microchips Are Made Using Photolithography
How Microchips Are Made Using Photolithography
Each group needs:
- 1 bottle of clear gel nail polish (https://a.co/d/acHQDHA)
- 1 borosilicate glass disc (https://a.co/d/071M3Ph)
- cotton swabs or lens wipes
- 1 sponge, foam brush, or soft applicator.
- mask material (see below)
- nitrile gloves (https://a.co/d/e6Sx2OZ) (1 per student)
- water (for final rinse)
- timer or stopwatch
- small tray or petri dish for developing
- (optional) lint-free cloth (to clean glass disc)
For the entire class to share:
- 1 UV light with overhead mount https://a.co/d/0M4irCG
- 1 bottle of acetone https://a.co/d/6Yd1x1Z
- 1 bottle of isopropyl alcohol
- construction paper, foil, printed transparency (locally sourced)
- access to tap water
- lab wipes/paper towels/sponges (to clean up spills)
- (optional) non-motorized turntable (https://a.co/d/94Nf9x9) (to evenly spread the gel nail polish on the glass disc)
- (optional) hot plate
- (optional) microscope