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Xolography for linear volumetric 3D printing

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  • Martin Regehly

    (Brandenburg University of Applied Science)

  • Yves Garmshausen

    (xolo GmbH)

  • Marcus Reuter

    (xolo GmbH)

  • Niklas F. König

    (xolo GmbH)

  • Eric Israel

    (TU Dresden)

  • Damien P. Kelly

    (xolo GmbH)

  • Chun-Yu Chou

    (xolo GmbH)

  • Klaas Koch

    (xolo GmbH)

  • Baraa Asfari

    (Brandenburg University of Applied Science)

  • Stefan Hecht

    (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    DWI—Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
    RWTH Aachen University)

Abstract

The range of applications for additive manufacturing is expanding quickly, including mass production of athletic footwear parts1, dental ceramics2 and aerospace components3 as well as fabrication of microfluidics4, medical devices5, and artificial organs6. The light-induced additive manufacturing techniques7 used are particularly successful owing to their high spatial and temporal control, but such techniques still share the common motifs of pointwise or layered generation, as do stereolithography8, laser powder bed fusion9, and continuous liquid interface production10 and its successors11,12. Volumetric 3D printing13–20 is the next step onward from sequential additive manufacturing methods. Here we introduce xolography, a dual colour technique using photoswitchable photoinitiators to induce local polymerization inside a confined monomer volume upon linear excitation by intersecting light beams of different wavelengths. We demonstrate this concept with a volumetric printer designed to generate three-dimensional objects with complex structural features as well as mechanical and optical functions. Compared to state-of-the-art volumetric printing methods, our technique has a resolution about ten times higher than computed axial lithography without feedback optimization, and a volume generation rate four to five orders of magnitude higher than two-photon photopolymerization. We expect this technology to transform rapid volumetric production for objects at the nanoscopic to macroscopic length scales.

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  • Martin Regehly & Yves Garmshausen & Marcus Reuter & Niklas F. König & Eric Israel & Damien P. Kelly & Chun-Yu Chou & Klaas Koch & Baraa Asfari & Stefan Hecht, 2020. "Xolography for linear volumetric 3D printing," Nature, Nature, vol. 588(7839), pages 620-624, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:588:y:2020:i:7839:d:10.1038_s41586-020-3029-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-3029-7
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    1. Antony Orth & Daniel Webber & Yujie Zhang & Kathleen L. Sampson & Hendrick W. Haan & Thomas Lacelle & Rene Lam & Daphene Solis & Shyamaleeswari Dayanandan & Taylor Waddell & Tasha Lewis & Hayden K. Ta, 2023. "Deconvolution volumetric additive manufacturing," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
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    5. Soo Young Cho & Dong Hae Ho & Yoon Young Choi & Soomook Lim & Sungjoo Lee & Ji Won Suk & Sae Byeok Jo & Jeong Ho Cho, 2022. "A general fruit acid chelation route for eco-friendly and ambient 3D printing of metals," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
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    7. Marloes H. Bistervels & Balázs Antalicz & Marko Kamp & Hinco Schoenmaker & Willem L. Noorduin, 2023. "Light-driven nucleation, growth, and patterning of biorelevant crystals using resonant near-infrared laser heating," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    8. Mohsen Habibi & Shervin Foroughi & Vahid Karamzadeh & Muthukumaran Packirisamy, 2022. "Direct sound printing," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    9. Wenqi Ouyang & Xiayi Xu & Wanping Lu & Ni Zhao & Fei Han & Shih-Chi Chen, 2023. "Ultrafast 3D nanofabrication via digital holography," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    10. Susanne Kirchner & Anna-Lena Leistner & Peter Gödtel & Angelika Seliwjorstow & Sven Weber & Johannes Karcher & Martin Nieger & Zbigniew Pianowski, 2022. "Hemipiperazines as peptide-derived molecular photoswitches with low-nanomolar cytotoxicity," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-14, December.

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