3D printing of glass by additive manufacturing techniques: a review

Additive manufacturing (AM), which is also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, uses computer-aided design to build objects layer by layer. Here, we focus on the recent progress in the development of techniques for 3D printing of glass, an important optoelectronic material, including fused depo...

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Published in:Frontiers of Optoelectronics (Online) 2021-09, Vol.14 (3), p.263-277
Main Authors: ZHANG, Dao, LIU, Xiaofeng, QIU, Jianrong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
3-D printers
Additive manufacturing
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering
CAD
Computer aided design
digital light processing (DLP)
direct ink write (DIW)
Electrical Engineering
Engineering
Fused deposition modeling
fused deposition modeling (FDM)
glass
Laser sintering
Lithography
Manufacturing
microfluidic
optical devices
Optoelectronics
Physics
Rapid prototyping
Review Article
selective laser sintering/melting (SLS/SLM)
stereolithography (SLA)
Three dimensional printing
three-dimensional (3D) printing
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Summary:Additive manufacturing (AM), which is also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, uses computer-aided design to build objects layer by layer. Here, we focus on the recent progress in the development of techniques for 3D printing of glass, an important optoelectronic material, including fused deposition modeling, selective laser sintering/melting, stereolithography (SLA) and direct ink writing. We compare these 3D printing methods and analyze their benefits and problems for the manufacturing of functional glass objects. In addition, we discuss the technological principles of 3D glass printing and applications of 3D printed glass objects. This review is finalized by a summary of the current achievements and perspectives for the future development of the 3D glass printing technique.
ISSN:2095-2759
2095-2767
DOI:10.1007/s12200-020-1009-z