Making additive manufacturing functional - the laser-assisted fabrication of electronic and photonic devices
Making additive manufacturing functional - the laser-assisted fabrication of electronic and photonic devices
Additive manufacturing is well-known to produce almost arbitrary shapes from simplest table-top printing systems. However, these structures cannot provide electrical (or device) ‘functionality’ due to a limited set of printable materials, despite the fact that printing techniques are routinely used in industrial processes, e.g. in the manufacturing of solar cells.
Tonight’s talk will present laser-assisted direct-write techniques, in particular laser-induced forward transfer and ablation, used for the fabrication of electronic, photonic or biomedical devices. Compared to conventional printing, such laser-assisted techniques can avoid the use of clean room processes, apply liquid or solid materials, and combine organic, biological and inorganic materials at high precision. Possible industrial applications and markets for such technology are also discussed, and finally I will speculate on the future vision of a home based table-top ‘functional 3D printer’.
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Grant-Jacob, J.A.
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Feinäugle, M., Eason, R.W., Sones, C.L., Mills, B., Grant-Jacob, J.A., Katis, I. and Heath, D.J.
(2014)
Making additive manufacturing functional - the laser-assisted fabrication of electronic and photonic devices.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), London, United Kingdom.
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Abstract
Additive manufacturing is well-known to produce almost arbitrary shapes from simplest table-top printing systems. However, these structures cannot provide electrical (or device) ‘functionality’ due to a limited set of printable materials, despite the fact that printing techniques are routinely used in industrial processes, e.g. in the manufacturing of solar cells.
Tonight’s talk will present laser-assisted direct-write techniques, in particular laser-induced forward transfer and ablation, used for the fabrication of electronic, photonic or biomedical devices. Compared to conventional printing, such laser-assisted techniques can avoid the use of clean room processes, apply liquid or solid materials, and combine organic, biological and inorganic materials at high precision. Possible industrial applications and markets for such technology are also discussed, and finally I will speculate on the future vision of a home based table-top ‘functional 3D printer’.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 22 May 2014
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The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), London, United Kingdom, 2014-05-21
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