Conceptual Design of a Pick-and-Place 3D Nanoprinter for Materials Synthesis
The past decade has seen revolutionary advances in three-dimensional (3D) printing and additive manufacturing. However, a technique to create 3D material microstructures of arbitrary complexity has not yet been developed. We present the conceptual design of a 3D material microprinter as a concrete s...
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Mary Ann Liebert
2016
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| author | Simpson, Robert E. Carlson, Max Yau, Ka-Yen K. Short, Michael P |
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| description | The past decade has seen revolutionary advances in three-dimensional (3D) printing and additive manufacturing. However, a technique to create 3D material microstructures of arbitrary complexity has not yet been developed. We present the conceptual design of a 3D material microprinter as a concrete step toward an eventual 3D material nanoprinter. Such a device would enable the use of heterogeneous starting materials with printing resolution on the order of tens of nanometers. By combining a pick-and-place particle transfer method with a custom-built laser sintering optical microscope, the core components of the 3D printer are once again reimagined. This advance moves toward generalized material synthesis as an experimental technique to complement computational materials discovery of materials with unique structures and high interface density, such as 3D nanocomposites, metamaterials, and photonic structures. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1052002022-09-29T18:26:36Z Conceptual Design of a Pick-and-Place 3D Nanoprinter for Materials Synthesis Simpson, Robert E. Carlson, Max Yau, Ka-Yen K. Short, Michael P Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Carlson, Max Yau, Ka-Yen K. Short, Michael P The past decade has seen revolutionary advances in three-dimensional (3D) printing and additive manufacturing. However, a technique to create 3D material microstructures of arbitrary complexity has not yet been developed. We present the conceptual design of a 3D material microprinter as a concrete step toward an eventual 3D material nanoprinter. Such a device would enable the use of heterogeneous starting materials with printing resolution on the order of tens of nanometers. By combining a pick-and-place particle transfer method with a custom-built laser sintering optical microscope, the core components of the 3D printer are once again reimagined. This advance moves toward generalized material synthesis as an experimental technique to complement computational materials discovery of materials with unique structures and high interface density, such as 3D nanocomposites, metamaterials, and photonic structures. SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC) 2016-11-04T17:58:56Z 2016-11-04T17:58:56Z 2015-09 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2329-7662 2329-7670 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105200 Carlson, Max B. et al. “Conceptual Design of a Pick-and-Place 3D Nanoprinter for Materials Synthesis.” 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 2.3 (2015): 123–130. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-3331 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9216-2482 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/3dp.2015.0023 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Mary Ann Liebert Mary Ann Leibert |
| spellingShingle | Simpson, Robert E. Carlson, Max Yau, Ka-Yen K. Short, Michael P Conceptual Design of a Pick-and-Place 3D Nanoprinter for Materials Synthesis |
| title | Conceptual Design of a Pick-and-Place 3D Nanoprinter for Materials Synthesis |
| title_full | Conceptual Design of a Pick-and-Place 3D Nanoprinter for Materials Synthesis |
| title_fullStr | Conceptual Design of a Pick-and-Place 3D Nanoprinter for Materials Synthesis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conceptual Design of a Pick-and-Place 3D Nanoprinter for Materials Synthesis |
| title_short | Conceptual Design of a Pick-and-Place 3D Nanoprinter for Materials Synthesis |
| title_sort | conceptual design of a pick and place 3d nanoprinter for materials synthesis |
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