There are many other uses for etching metals, too. Creating your own printed circuit boards comes to mind, but there are plenty of other uses as well. What will you do with this technique?

Discover photo chemical etching is revolutionising precision manufacturing with eco-friendly solutions and versatility ...

Etching your own PCBs from copper clad board is nothing new, but the ability to make your own circuit boards at home is so useful it should be part of every maker’s repertoire of skills.

The new laser etching machine has given us a new way to think about our work. Sure, it’s an investment, and the color-etching ...

An example of directional etching for nanohole arrays of less than 500nm in diameter. (Image: A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering) Wet etching can be classified into two main types ...

Atomic layer etching (ALE) is the reverse of atomic layer deposition (ALD). ALE can be achieved using sequential, self-limiting thermal reactions. We have recently demonstrated Al 2 O 3 ALE [1-3] and ...

Shadow masks! We're making micro stencils to use in my sputter coater, and talking about how to fabricate them quickly and ...