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ArticleNature communications2019

Fabrication of arbitrary three-dimensional suspended hollow microstructures in transparent fused silica glass.

Frederik Kotz, Patrick Risch, Karl Arnold, Semih Sevim, Josep Puigmartí-Luis, Alexander Quick, Michael Thiel, Andrei Hrynevich, Paul D Dalton, Dorothea Helmer and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Room-Temperature Molding of Complex-Shaped Transparent Fused Silica Lenses.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
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  16. Evaluation of advanced methods and materials for construction of scintillation detector light guides.Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Frederik KotzNeptunLab, Laboratory of Process Technology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 103, Freiburg, 79110, Germany.
Patrick RischNeptunLab, Laboratory of Process Technology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 103, Freiburg, 79110, Germany.
Karl ArnoldNeptunLab, Laboratory of Process Technology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 103, Freiburg, 79110, Germany.
Semih SevimInstitute for Chemical & Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry & Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8083, Zurich, Switzerland.
Josep Puigmartí-LuisInstitute for Chemical & Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry & Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8083, Zurich, Switzerland.
Alexander QuickNanoscribe GmbH, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8728-4100
Michael ThielNanoscribe GmbH, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
Andrei HrynevichDepartment for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry and Bavarian Polymer Institute, University Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97070, Würzburg, Germany.
Paul D DaltonDepartment for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry and Bavarian Polymer Institute, University Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97070, Würzburg, Germany.
Dorothea HelmerNeptunLab, Laboratory of Process Technology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 103, Freiburg, 79110, Germany.
Bastian E RappNeptunLab, Laboratory of Process Technology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 103, Freiburg, 79110, Germany. Bastian.Rapp@imtek.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3955-0291

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fused silica glass is the preferred material for applications which require long-term chemical and mechanical stability as well as excellent optical properties. The manufacturing of complex hollow microstructures within transparent fused silica glass is of particular interest for, among others, the miniaturization of chemical synthesis towards more versatile, configurable and environmentally friendly flow-through chemistry as well as high-quality optical waveguides or capillaries. However, microstructuring of such complex three-dimensional structures in glass has proven evasive due to its high thermal and chemical stability as well as mechanical hardness. Here we present an approach for the generation of hollow microstructures in fused silica glass with high precision and freedom of three-dimensional designs. The process combines the concept of sacrificial template replication with a room-temperature molding process for fused silica glass. The fabricated glass chips are versatile tools for, among other, the advance of miniaturization in chemical synthesis on chip.

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