Nanoscribe

👋 Meet Nanoscribe at OFC 2026, booth 320.

Mar 17 to 19, Los Angeles. Live demos at 2 p.m.: Mar 17 on-chip printing, Mar 18 on-fiber printing. See 3D-printed optical couplers for photonic packaging. Discover freeform micro-optics with Quantum X align.

More: tinyurl.com/yc6tnu6w

Vertical coupling micro-optics. Printed on the chip edge. Automatic alignment included.

Nanoscribe’s aligned 3D printing enables the fabrication of free-space micro-optical couplers directly at the edge of a photonic integrated circuit.

Learn more 👉🏻 tinyurl.com/yt627n5f

🔔 Nanoscribe User Meeting 2026

Meet the community for two days of exchange, insights, and hands-on training.
📅 June 11-12 | Karlsruhe

Keynotes by Metin Sitti and Muamer Kadic, user talks, and Quantum X demos.

Register now and secure Early Bird rates: tinyurl.com/3cpk8aea

What makes a material truly suitable for 3D biofabrication?

Bioresins must enable precise structuring and controlled interaction between living cells and their microenvironment – requirements that Nanoscribe resins are engineered to meet. 

More:  tinyurl.com/4e5mx2mj

Beam shaping micro-optics printed directly on fiber tips. No assembly required.
Aligned 3D printing integrates micro-optics onto optical fibers with submicron precision – enabling compact optical architectures. Learn more → tinyurl.com/57jbd6z6

Get to know Dr. Jochen Zimmer 👋

Since 2017 at Nanoscribe, he has moved from technical sales to Sales Enablement Manager. Today, he strengthens our Quantum X sales activities with deep technical expertise.

Explore our systems: tinyurl.com/56c23u8d

#MeetOurTeam

3D micropatterning of PEDOT:PSS/Gelatin conductive hydrogels via two-photon lithography for soft bioelectronics - npj Flexible Electronics npj Flexible Electronics - 3D micropatterning of PEDOT:PSS/Gelatin conductive hydrogels via two-photon lithography for soft bioelectronics

Tissue-soft. Electrically conductive. 3D printed.

A new conductive hydrogel blend enables Two-Photon Polymerization of soft 3D microarchitectures using Nanoscribe’s systems, achieving reduced impedance and tissue-like mechanical properties.

More:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What makes a material suitable for high-precision optics manufacturing?

Micro-optics demand high transparency, minimal scattering, and precise optical properties.  
Explore Nanoscribe resins designed for micro-optics & integrated photonics:
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EPIC Technology Meeting on Integrated Photonics & Packaging, Feb 24–25 in Enschede 🧬

Sub-micron alignment. Direct-printed micro-optics. Fiber-, chip- and wafer-level integration.

Mareike Trappen speaks in SESSION 2, Feb 24, 16:30–18:15.

More: tinyurl.com/4wfeed3k

Wishing you a happy Chinese New Year
新年快乐!

This tiny Fire Horse was 3D printed using our Two-Photon Polymerization (2PP) technology. A real horsehair shows the scale.

At this scale, it’s not just miniaturization: it’s about functional microstructures for optics & beyond🔬

Three days. One team. Full focus on what’s next. 🚀

Last week our global sales team met at Nanoscribe HQ to reset after a strong 2025.
Best practices, product deep dives — and one key question: how do we help customers make the right technical decisions with confidence?

Same complex structures, same print time – but 3D printing by 2GL® delivers smoother surfaces, sharper edges and higher shape accuracy, which means no trade-off between precision and speed and up to 60× higher throughput.

👉 Discover Quantum X shape
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❄️ Winter wonderland and team spirit at Nanoscribe 🔍

Same place, new setting: this year’s team event at the Palazzo took us into the land of trolls. Mysterious vibes, playful moments, great food, and lots of laughter – a relaxed evening that brought teams closer together 🧪

MEMS force sensors

Polymer micropillars printed with Nanoscribe’s Two-Photon Polymerization enable 20 nN lateral force resolution in a few µm² footprint – ideal for cell and tissue mechanics.

Kudos to the team at Georgia Institute of Technology!

More: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

From nano to macro: scaling biomimetic lattices with 3D printing by 2GL®

Centimeter-scale structures with micrometer features, printed in one piece. Precision that scales – powered by Two-Photon Grayscale Lithography (2GL®).

Discover Quantum X shape
tinyurl.com/2r7cyjrh

Optofluidic three-dimensional microfabrication and nanofabrication - Nature A strategy compatible with a broad range of materials by precisely manipulating optofluidic interactions within a confined 3D space to control the assembly of colloidal microparticles/nanoparticles…

Beyond polymers: a new 3D microfabrication approach

Optofluidics enable the assembly of micro- & nanomaterials inside 3D microtemplates printed with Nanoscribe technology, overcoming material limitations.

Read the Nature paper here:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Engineering the blood–brain tumor barrier in vitro

A biomimetic capillary-scale BBTB model with realistic endothelial organization and tumor–vascular interactions is fabricated by Nanoscribe’s 3D microprinting. Congrats to the team at TU Delft.
More: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

What a strong week at #BiOS and #PhotonicsWest 👏

Thanks for the many conversations and exchanges.

From our large-stage launch for 8-inch wafer processing to live demos and technical talks – it was a pleasure to share ideas and insights.

Learn more: tinyurl.com/3e2kcfff

3D Microprinting of Structures with Lanthanide-Based Fluorophores on Optical Fibers for Multiplexed Sensing Femtosecond direct laser writing (fs-DLW) has revolutionized the fabrication of micro-optical elements, yet its potential in multiplexed sensing has remained constrained by material limitations and fluorescence crosstalk.

On-fiber multiplexed sensing with multi-parameter detection – enabled by lanthanide-doped 2PP resins and fiber-tip 3D microprinting with Nanoscribe technology.

Kudos to the research teams at @unistuttgart.bsky.social & University of South Australia!

More: doi.org/10.1002/adom...

🔬 Photonics West highlights at Nanoscribe Booth 3652 in Hall E.

Discover Quantum X align and the booth highlights: a micro cinema designed by Printoptix, a plug-and-play fiber-to-chip connector, plus optical coupling and endomicroscopy demonstrators 🧪

🚀 Wafer-scale PIC manufacturing — now on 8 inch

7,200 precisely aligned microlenses patterned across an 8” wafer. Printed with aligned 3D microfabrication at wafer scale.

See it live at #PhotonicsWest
📍 Hall E | Booth 3652 | Jan 20–22 | San Francisco

👉 tinyurl.com/yhcf3ccn

BiOS recap: strong momentum – and a new 150 mm × 150 mm stage 🔍

Thanks to everyone who stopped by #BiOS. We introduced our new high-precision stage for Quantum X systems – 9x more print area, same quality.

Meet us at Photonics West, Booth 3652, 20–22 Jan:
tinyurl.com/4kxy5ufh

🚀 New 150 mm × 150 mm stage for Quantum X

Ninefold larger printable area for wafer-scale 3D microfabrication.
Print on wafers up to 8 inches – now the standard on all Quantum X systems.

📍 Meet us at #BiOS & #PhotonicsWest

#Microfabrication #WaferScale #3DPrinting

We’re ready 🧬 for #BiOS 2026 in San Francisco.

Find Nanoscribe on Jan 17–18 at Booth 8652, Hall E.

Then meet us at #PhotonicsWest Jan 20–22, Booth 3652.

Get an overview of our latest highlights and updates.

Who’s stopping by? 👋

We’ve officially opened our Shanghai Quantum X demolab 🌏

A key milestone in Nanoscribe’s international growth, bringing hands-on access to our next-generation Quantum X technology to customers and partners in China.

🔗 Full news: tinyurl.com/3s2nj2h2

🔍 Live aligned 3D micro-optics printing

See Quantum X align in action at #BiOS and #PhotonicsWest: Live demos of 3D-printed micro-optics on fibers and photonic chips.
📍 Hall E, Booth 8652 (BiOS) and 3652 (PW26)
🕚 Daily demos at 2 p.m.

More info 👉 www.nanoscribe.com

Nano-Micro-Lithography Symposium 2026 – last seats available ⏳

Join us on Jan 27–28, 2026 at DTU Nanolab (Lyngby, Denmark) for two days of exchange on hybrid manufacturing, experts’ insights and keynotes – in a real lab environment.

👉 Register now
tinyurl.com/5cfzapzb

🔬 What’s next for two-photon lithography?

January means #BiOS & #PhotonicsWest in SF. Nanoscribe brings 3 deep-dive talks on 2PP & 2GL® – from biomimetic cell culture to multi-focus grayscale & fusion targets.

Join us on stage!

Using Nanoscribe’s 3D printing, scientists created 3D cages to confine single cells. The study shows that 3D cell shape alone reshapes force distribution and mechanosensitive signaling.

Kudos to Monash University & the Weizmann Institute of Science!

More:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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