3D printing has revolutionized the field of microfluidics manufacturing by simplifying typical processes offering a considerable accuracy and user-friendly procedures. For its part, laser ablation proves to be versatile technology perform detailed surface micropatterning. A hybrid technique that combines both technologies is proposed, employing them in their most suitable range dimensions. This...

Graphene is an important nanocarbon nanofiller for polymeric matrices. The polymer–graphene nanocomposites, obtained through facile fabrication methods, possess significant electrical–thermal–mechanical and physical properties technical purposes. To overcome challenges of nanocomposite processing high performance, advanced strategies have been applied to design the next-generation materials–dev...

The technologies employed for the preparation of conventional tissue engineering scaffolds restrict the materials choice and the extent to which the architecture can be designed. Here we show the versatility of stereolithography with respect to materials and freedom of design. Porous scaffolds are designed with computer software and built with either a poly(D,L-lactide)-based resin or a poly(D,...

The development of rapid prototyping has evolved from the crude milled models to the laser polymerised stereolithographic models of excellent accuracy. The technology was advanced further with the recent introduction of fused deposition modelling and the 3-dimensional ink-jet printing technique in stereo-model fabrication. The concept of using a 3dimensional model in planning the operation has ...

We present an original fluorescence imaging strategy to spatially probe the real-time progress of a quenching reaction diffusing throughout permeable 3D-microstructures whose geometry and topology are modulated by two-photon stereolithography.

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) has been used to make a fiber management module having very small feature size and ratios. Currently these modules are made out of Stereolithography using standard epoxy acrylate materials. SLS has been chosen to make these modules by the virtue of the material system it offers. The material system was chosen based on the flame retardant properties. The material ...

We present in this paper the development of a high-resolution projection micro-stereolithography (P SL) process by using the Digital Micromirror Device (DMDTM, Texas Instruments) as a dynamic mask. This unique technology provides a parallel fabrication of complex three-dimensional (3D) microstructures used for micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). Based on the understanding of underlying mec...