Two-photon-induced reduction of metal ions for fabricating three-dimensional electrically conductive metallic microstructure

We developed techniques for fabricating three-dimensional metallic microstructures using two-photon-induced metal-ion reduction. In this process, ions in a metal-ion aqueous solution were directly reduced by a tightly focused femtosecond pulsed laser to fabricate arbitrary three-dimensional structures. A self-standing metallic microstructure with high electrical conductivity was demonstrated. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.