Notes from the micron scale
Company news, material deep-dives, and case studies from the Potomac Photonics team — precision micromanufacturing, one micron at a time.
3D Printing This Thanksgiving We Give Thanks For Living In An Age of Exponential Technological Change That Is Improving Humanity’s Quality of Life
We live an exciting period of innovation. Electric cars are being rolled out by mainstream car companies; self-driving vehicles are being road-tested;…
Read article →
3D Printing Potomac Photonics wins Sub-contract Award in collaboration with UMBC & FDA to develop a microfluidic ‘on-the-spot’ bioburden detection device.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Center for Advanced Sensor Technology (CAST), a 3-year…
Read article →
3D Printing New Book on Microfluidics Scale-Up and Strategies to be Released in 2020
Publisher: De Gruyter ISBN: 978-3-11-063633 To be Published September 2020 Click here for Book Together with De Gruyter Publishing house, Potomac Photonics…
Read article →
3D Printing Road Trip Nation Features Potomac Director of Engineering, Joe Miller, on Show Exploring the Future of Work
Any company is only as good as its people. While advanced technology can expand manufacturing capabilities, humans are still essential to design,…
Read article →
3D Printing Potomac Photonics R&D Working on Nanoimprint Lithography and Applications for Microfluidics
Nanoimprint lithography is a method by which nanoscale features are fabricated at potentially low cost and with high throughput patterning usually in…
Read article →
3D Printing Potomac Photonics Manufactures Shadow Masks for Princeton University
What are shadow masks, and why are they useful? Shadow masks are thin plates with small holes and features patterned into them,…
Read article →
3D Printing UCSC Uses Potomac to Help Monitor Cell Cultures
Cells. The smallest units of life. They make up who we are, and so, it’s imperative we become progressively educated about them.…
Read article →
3D Printing Potomac’s Process for Success in Advanced Manufacturing
This week, I had the opportunity to work in the labs with our Director of Operations, Mike Davis. He explained and demonstrated…
Read article →
3D Printing What Exactly is a Microfluidic Device?
Anna The Manufacturing Maven: Blog #1 What are Microfluidic Devices? If you know Potomac, you know that “Microfluidic” is…
Read article →Ready to discuss your next micromachining project?
Reach the Potomac Photonics engineering team to talk through process and qualification requirements. Upload STEP, STL, or PDF — our engineers review it for manufacturability.
No commitment · Our engineers respond within 24 hours