Room‐Temperature Molding of Complex‐Shaped Transparent Fused Silica Lenses
Abstract The high hardness, brittleness, and thermal resistance impose significant challenges in the scalable manufacturing of fused silica lenses, which are widely used in numerous applications. Taking advantage of the nanocomposites by stirring silica nanopowders with photocurable resins, the newl...
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| description | Abstract The high hardness, brittleness, and thermal resistance impose significant challenges in the scalable manufacturing of fused silica lenses, which are widely used in numerous applications. Taking advantage of the nanocomposites by stirring silica nanopowders with photocurable resins, the newly emerged low‐temperature pre‐shaping technique provides a paradigm shift in fabricating transparent fused silica components. However, preparing the silica slurry and carefully evaporating the organics may significantly increase the process complexity and decrease the manufacturing efficiency for the nanocomposite‐based technique. By directly pressing pure silica nanopowders against the complex‐shaped metal molds in minutes, this work reports an entirely different room‐temperature molding method capable of mass replication of complex‐shaped silica lenses without organic additives. After sintering the replicated lenses, fully transparent fused silica lenses with spherical, arrayed, and freeform patterns are generated with nanometric surface roughness and well‐reserved mold shapes, demonstrating a scalable and cost‐effective route surpassing the current techniques for the manufacturing of high‐quality fused silica lenses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c3f6fc2418e428bb440412c70208aeb2023-12-07T04:08:36ZengWileyAdvanced Science2198-38442023-12-011034n/an/a10.1002/advs.202304756Room‐Temperature Molding of Complex‐Shaped Transparent Fused Silica LensesYa Xu0Xiaotong Du1Zhenhua Wang2Hua Liu3Peng Huang4Suet To5LiMin Zhu6Zhiwei Zhu7School of Mechanical Engineering Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing Jiangsu 210094 ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing Jiangsu 210094 ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing Jiangsu 210094 ChinaKey Laboratory for UV Emitting Materials and Technology of Ministry of Education Northeast Normal University 5268 Renmin Street Changchun 130024 ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing Jiangsu 210094 ChinaState Key Laboratory of Ultra‐precision Machining Technology Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 11 Yuk Choi Rd Kowloon Hong Kong SAR 999077 ChinaState Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration School of Mechanical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing Jiangsu 210094 ChinaAbstract The high hardness, brittleness, and thermal resistance impose significant challenges in the scalable manufacturing of fused silica lenses, which are widely used in numerous applications. Taking advantage of the nanocomposites by stirring silica nanopowders with photocurable resins, the newly emerged low‐temperature pre‐shaping technique provides a paradigm shift in fabricating transparent fused silica components. However, preparing the silica slurry and carefully evaporating the organics may significantly increase the process complexity and decrease the manufacturing efficiency for the nanocomposite‐based technique. By directly pressing pure silica nanopowders against the complex‐shaped metal molds in minutes, this work reports an entirely different room‐temperature molding method capable of mass replication of complex‐shaped silica lenses without organic additives. After sintering the replicated lenses, fully transparent fused silica lenses with spherical, arrayed, and freeform patterns are generated with nanometric surface roughness and well‐reserved mold shapes, demonstrating a scalable and cost‐effective route surpassing the current techniques for the manufacturing of high‐quality fused silica lenses.https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202304756fused silica lensesmass productionorganic‐freeroom‐temperature molding |
| spellingShingle | Ya Xu Xiaotong Du Zhenhua Wang Hua Liu Peng Huang Suet To LiMin Zhu Zhiwei Zhu Room‐Temperature Molding of Complex‐Shaped Transparent Fused Silica Lenses Advanced Science fused silica lenses mass production organic‐free room‐temperature molding |
| title | Room‐Temperature Molding of Complex‐Shaped Transparent Fused Silica Lenses |
| title_full | Room‐Temperature Molding of Complex‐Shaped Transparent Fused Silica Lenses |
| title_fullStr | Room‐Temperature Molding of Complex‐Shaped Transparent Fused Silica Lenses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Room‐Temperature Molding of Complex‐Shaped Transparent Fused Silica Lenses |
| title_short | Room‐Temperature Molding of Complex‐Shaped Transparent Fused Silica Lenses |
| title_sort | room temperature molding of complex shaped transparent fused silica lenses |
| topic | fused silica lenses mass production organic‐free room‐temperature molding |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202304756 |
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