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ArticleNature materials2021

3D-printed silica with nanoscale resolution.

Xiewen Wen, Boyu Zhang, Weipeng Wang, Fan Ye, Shuai Yue, Hua Guo, Guanhui Gao, Yushun Zhao, Qiyi Fang, Christine Nguyen and 5 more

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Article in Nature materials, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed.

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  20. 3D Printing of Porous Ceramics for Enhanced Thermal Insulation Properties.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Xiewen Wen *Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Boyu Zhang *Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Weipeng WangDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. wpwang@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1576-3700
Fan YeDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Shuai YueDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Hua GuoDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Guanhui GaoDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Yushun ZhaoDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Qiyi FangDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Christine NguyenDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Xiang ZhangDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4004-5185
Jiming BaoDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Jacob T RobinsonDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. jacob.t.robinson@rice.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3509-3054
Pulickel M AjayanDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. ajayan@rice.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8323-7860
Jun LouDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. jlou@rice.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4351-9561

Funding

Welch Foundation C-1716
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fabricating inorganic materials with designed three-dimensional nanostructures is an exciting yet challenging area of research and industrial application. Here, we develop an approach to 3D print high-quality nanostructures of silica with sub-200 nm resolution and with the flexible capability of rare-earth element doping. The printed SiO

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