Purdue University Mechanical Engineering | From nano to macro: Nanoscale 3D printing that is fast, smooth, and scalable @PurdueME | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
Full story: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2021/no-more-jagged-edges-nanoscale-3d-printing-that-is-fast-smooth-and-repeatable
3D-printed objects look impressive, but the printing process is slow, and removing their jagged edges and external support structures requires a lot of tedious post-processing work. The same is true at the nanoscale, where tiny objects are built to incredibly precise tolerances. A team led by Xianfan Xu has demonstrated a 3D printing technique that rapidly constructs complex nanoscale 3D objects with smooth features, and can be implemented to build complex macroscale objects on a practical time scale.
Read the paper: nature.com/articles/s41377-021-00645-z
Xianfan Xu's lab: https://engineering.purdue.edu/NanoLab/
Mechanical Engineering: https://purdue.edu/ME
Full story: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2021/no-more-jagged-edges-nanoscale-3d-printing-that-is-fast-smooth-and-repeatable
3D-printed objects look impressive, but the printing process is slow, and removing their jagged edges and external support structures requires a lot of tedious post-processing work. The same is true at the nanoscale, where tiny objects are built to incredibly precise tolerances. A team led by Xianfan Xu has demonstrated a 3D printing technique that rapidly constructs complex nanoscale 3D objects with smooth features, and can be implemented to build complex macroscale objects on a practical time scale.
Read the paper: nature.com/articles/s41377-021-00645-z
Xianfan Xu's lab: https://engineering.purdue.edu/NanoLab/
Mechanical Engineering: https://purdue.edu/ME
