3D-Printed Transparent Glass

Du T. Nguyen; Cameron Meyers; Timothy D. Yee; Nikola A. Dudukovic; Joel F. Destino; Cheng Zhu; Eric B. Duoss; Theodore F. Baumann; Tayyab Suratwala; James E. Smay; Rebecca Dylla-Spears

doi:10.1002/adma.201701181

3D-Printed Transparent Glass

Du T. Nguyen, Cameron Meyers, Timothy D. Yee, Nikola A. Dudukovic, Joel F. Destino, Cheng Zhu, Eric B. Duoss, Theodore F. Baumann, Tayyab Suratwala, James E. Smay, Rebecca Dylla-Spears

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Abstract

Silica inks are developed, which may be 3D printed and thermally processed to produce optically transparent glass structures with sub-millimeter features in forms ranging from scaffolds to monoliths. The inks are composed of silica powder suspended in a liquid and are printed using direct ink writing. The printed structures are then dried and sintered at temperatures well below the silica melting point to form amorphous, solid, transparent glass structures. This technique enables the mold-free formation of transparent glass structures previously inaccessible using conventional glass fabrication processes.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1701181
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	29
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201701181
State	Published - Jul 12 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Materials Science(all)
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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