Continuous 3D printing from one single droplet

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.

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Main Authors: Yu Zhang, Zhichao Dong, Chuxin Li, Huifeng Du, Nicholas X. Fang, Lei Wu, Yanlin Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18518-1
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spelling doaj-5402392b211841daa5c4b81a59d1860b2021-09-19T11:51:37ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232020-09-0111111010.1038/s41467-020-18518-1Continuous 3D printing from one single dropletYu Zhang0Zhichao Dong1Chuxin Li2Huifeng Du3Nicholas X. Fang4Lei Wu5Yanlin Song6Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of SciencesUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesCAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of SciencesDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyKey Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of SciencesKey Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of SciencesDigital 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18518-1
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Nicholas X. Fang
Lei Wu
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Zhichao Dong
Chuxin Li
Huifeng Du
Nicholas X. Fang
Lei Wu
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Continuous 3D printing from one single droplet
Nature Communications
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title Continuous 3D printing from one single droplet
title_short Continuous 3D printing from one single droplet
title_full Continuous 3D printing from one single droplet
title_fullStr Continuous 3D printing from one single droplet
title_full_unstemmed Continuous 3D printing from one single droplet
title_sort continuous 3d printing from one single droplet
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
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publishDate 2020-09-01
description 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.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18518-1
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