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ReviewACS central science2025

One-Vat Multimaterial 3D Printing: The Devil is in the Details.

Elizabeth A Recker, Xiaofeng Chen, Ji-Won Kim, Zachariah A Page

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Review in ACS central science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Wavelength-Dependent 3D Printing: Introducing 3D Printed Action Plots.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Elizabeth A ReckerMcKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
Xiaofeng ChenDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5399-9781
Ji-Won KimDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
Zachariah A PageMcKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-5422

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nature combines different materials in a single structure to achieve functions that no single material could accomplish alone, an approach that inspires efforts to build synthetic systems with precisely tailored properties. Vat photopolymerization (VPP) enables fast, high-resolution 3D printing, but most printed parts still use only one material. This Outlook highlights emerging strategies for single-vat multimaterial VPP, where light selectively activates different chemical reactions to build complex structures with multiple materials. Key advances will depend on expanding resin chemistry beyond standard acrylates, improving reaction selectivity, and using grayscale and multiwavelength light control to define where and how materials form. Standardized mechanical, thermal, and interface testing methods are essential for ensuring reliable results. With advances in chemistry, optics, and data-driven design, multimaterial VPP could unlock transformative applications in medicine, manufacturing, and aerospace.

Identifiers

PMID41019117
PMCPMC12464769

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