Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 14, Issue 3, 263(2021)

3D printing of glass by additive manufacturing techniques:a review

Dao ZHANG1, Xiaofeng LIU2, and Jianrong QIU1,3、*
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation and School of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 2School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 3Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan 430074, China
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    Additive manufacturing (AM), which is also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, uses computeraided design to build objects layer by layer. Here, we focus on the recent progress in the development of techniques for 3D printing of glass, an important optoelectronic material, including fused deposition modeling, selective laser sintering/melting, stereolithography (SLA) and direct ink writing. We compare these 3D printing methods and analyze their benefits and problems for the manufacturing of functional glass objects. In addition, we discuss the technological principles of 3D glass printing and applications of 3D printed glass objects. This review is finalized by a summary of the current achievements and perspectives for the future development of the 3D glass printing technique.

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    Paper Information

    Category: REVIEW ARTICLE

    Received: Feb. 9, 2020

    Accepted: May. 22, 2020

    Published Online: Dec. 1, 2021

    The Author Email: Jianrong QIU (qjr@zju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-020-1009-z

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