Science & Technology in an unusual framework: more than 200,000 clicks for YouTube clip from Nanoscribe

Communicating new results from research and development is typically a direct matter among experts and is manageable in its "frequency". Particular attention is excited, for example, if a journal article is cited more than 1,000 times by other researchers. More than 200,000 clicks of a YouTube clip in almost 2 months, thus, is a very impressive result for science communication. The company Nanoscribe has achieved this resonance with their new 3D printer of micro- and nanostructures based on a novel laser lithography method. "We are absolutely overwhelmed by the response. With our presentation at Photonics West, the leading international trade fair for photonics, in early February in San Francisco we had already experienced a lot of encouragement, but over 200,000 viewers of our clip are an incredible amount for a scientist," marvels Professor Georg von Freymann (Department of Physics and OPTIMAS at the University of Kaiserslautern), co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Nanoscribe.

In early 2008, Nanoscribe GmbH was founded as the first spin-off of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Within a period of five years, it has established itself as the world’s market and technology leader in the area of 3D laser lithography. The devices produced by Nanoscribe are applied by leading research institutes and universities in Asia, North America, and Europe. Research into this technology has given rise to more than 60 scientific publications in high-ranking science journals and expert media.