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ArticleAdditive manufacturing2019

Fast micron-scale 3D printing with a resonant-scanning two-photon microscope.

Benjamin W Pearre, Christos Michas, Jean-Marc Tsang, Timothy J Gardner, Timothy M Otchy

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Article in Additive manufacturing, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 51% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Two-Photon Polymerization: Fundamentals, Materials, and Chemical Modification Strategies.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
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  8. Industrial perspectives for personalized microneedles.Beilstein journal of nanotechnology · 2023
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  10. Beyond the Threshold: A Study of Chalcogenophene-Based Two-Photon Initiators.Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society · 2022
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  20. 3D Printed Microfluidics.Annual review of analytical chemistry (Palo Alto, Calif.) · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Benjamin W PearreDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Christos MichasDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Jean-Marc TsangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Timothy J GardnerDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Timothy M OtchyDepartment of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Boston University · US

Funding

Single neuron mechanisms of sensory-motor learningR01NS089679 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF OREGON · PI GARDNER, TIMOTHY JAMES · 2014 to 2018
$1.8M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS089679
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

3D printing allows rapid fabrication of complex objects from digital designs. One 3D-printing process, direct laser writing, polymerises a light-sensitive material by steering a focused laser beam through the shape of the object to be created. The highest-resolution direct laser writing systems use a femtosecond laser, steered using mechanised stages or galvanometer-controlled mirrors, to effect two-photon polymerisation. Here we report a new high-resolution direct laser writing system that employs a resonant mirror scanner to achieve a significant increase in printing speed over current methods while maintaining resolution on the order of a micron. This printer is based on a software modification to a commercially available resonant-scanning two-photon microscope. We demonstrate the complete process chain from hardware configuration and control software to the printing of objects of approximately 400 × 400 × 350 μm, and validate performance with objective benchmarks. Released under an open-source license, this work makes micron-scale 3D printing available at little or no cost to the large community of two-photon microscope users, and paves the way toward widespread availability of precision-printed devices.

Indexed as

3D printingAdditive manufacturingDirect laser writingLithographyResonant scanningTwo-photon microscopy

Identifiers

PMID32864346
PMCPMC7450988
OpenAlexW2794428141

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