Optical 3-D Printing through Fiber (IMAGE)

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Optical 3-D Printing through Fiber

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Researchers used an optical fiber housed inside the needle pictured to deliver light for 3-D printing microstructures. The light selectively hardens volumes inside the droplet of photopolymer on the glass slide. The new system could one day allow 3-D printing inside the body.

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Damien Loterie and Paul Delrot, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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