Opto-Electronic Engineering, Volume. 44, Issue 4, 469(2017)

Functional micro-concrete 3D hybrid structures fabricated by two-photon polymerization

Yang Li1,2, Lianwei Chen1, Fang Kong3, Zuyong Wang1, Ming Dao3, Chwee Teck Lim3, Fengping Li4, and Minghui Hong1
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  • 1National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576, Singapore
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies for Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
  • 3Singapore MIT Alliance Research and Technology, Singapore 138602, Singapore
  • 4College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325025, China
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    Arbitrary micro-scale three-dimensional (3D) structures fabrication is a dream to achieve many exciting goals that have been persuaded for a long time. Among all these applications, the direct 3D printing to fabricate human organs and integrated photonic circuits are extraordinarily attractive as they can promote the current technology to a new level. Among all the 3D printing methods available, two-photon polymerization (2PP) is very competitive as it is a unique method to achieve sub-micron resolution to make any desired tiny true 3D structures. To achieve it, 2PP relies on the direct laser writing to transfer the pattern into the photoresist material by the two photon absorption to initialize the in-situ polymerization. However, the requirements for the building blocks are different for different purposes. Even though 2PP is of many superior properties, it is often considered as a supporting role to make the initial polymer structural molds or backbones for further processing steps.

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    Yang Li, Lianwei Chen, Fang Kong, Zuyong Wang, Ming Dao, Chwee Teck Lim, Fengping Li, Minghui Hong. Functional micro-concrete 3D hybrid structures fabricated by two-photon polymerization[J]. Opto-Electronic Engineering, 2017, 44(4): 469

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    Published Online: Jul. 10, 2017

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    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1003-501x.2017.04.002

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