Search results for 3-D printing

Materials Science Oct 8, 2019

New method cuts out steps in the production of smart and functional textiles

Today's resource-intensive production processes for printing on textiles can soon be history. With a new method, developed within a doctoral project at the University of BorĂ¥s, Sweden, several stages of the process can be ...

Nanomaterials Oct 7, 2019

Microscope prints patterns at the nanoscale

Researchers from AMOLF's 3-D-Photovoltaics group have used an atomic force microscope to electrochemically print at the nanoscale. This technique can print structures for a new generation of solar cells on chips. The researchers ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 4, 2019

New metasurface design can control optical fields in three dimensions

A team led by scientists at the University of Washington has designed and tested a 3-D-printed metamaterial that can manipulate light with nanoscale precision. As they report in a paper published Oct. 4 in the journal Science ...

Nanophysics Oct 4, 2019

3-D printing technique accelerates nanoscale fabrication 1000-fold

Using a new time-based method to control light from an ultrafast laser, researchers have developed a nanoscale 3-D printing technique that can fabricate tiny structures 1000 times faster than conventional two-photon lithography ...

Nanophysics Oct 3, 2019

Printed electronics open way for electrified tattoos and personalized biosensors

Electrical engineers at Duke University have devised a fully print-in-place technique for electronics that is gentle enough to work on delicate surfaces including paper and human skin. The advance could enable technologies ...

Nanomaterials Oct 2, 2019

Structural color printing of 3-D microscale objects by shrinking photonic crystals

In a report recently published in Nature Communications, a research group led by Associate Professor Joel Yang from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) printed probably the smallest colorful 3-D model ...

Materials Science Oct 2, 2019

New 3-D printing technique for biomaterials

A new way of 3-D printing soft materials such as gels and collagens offers a major step forward in the manufacture of artificial medical implants.

Materials Science Oct 2, 2019

New process could strengthen 3-D-printed materials by 200 percent

The strength of 3-D-printed products could be improved through a new technique developed by scientists at UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Materials Science Oct 1, 2019

Researchers develop 3-D printing substrate with dynamic bonds for adjustable properties

Fantastic shapes can be made using 3-D printing, but for many applications the material used needs to be much stronger than what is currently available. This is something that chemists in Eindhoven are working on: "The material ...

General Physics Sep 30, 2019

New 3-D-printed lattice designs defy conventional wisdom on metamaterials

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have designed a new class of 3-D-printed lattice structures that combine lightweight and high stiffness, despite breaking a rule previously thought to be required ...

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