Continuous 3D printing from one single droplet

Yu Zhang; Zhichao Dong; Chuxin Li; Huifeng Du; Nicholas X. Fang; Lei Wu; Yanlin Song

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18518-1

Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Continuous 3D printing from one single droplet

Yu Zhang,
Zhichao Dong,
Chuxin Li,
Huifeng Du,
Nicholas X. Fang,
Lei Wu,
Yanlin Song

Affiliations

Yu Zhang: Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhichao Dong: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chuxin Li: CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huifeng Du: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nicholas X. Fang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lei Wu: Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yanlin Song: Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18518-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Digital light processing and stereolithography have low wet material utilization efficiency. Here the authors propose a one-droplet 3D printing strategy to fabricate 3D structures from a single resin droplet.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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