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Microstereolithography All the information below is courtesy of Xiang
Zhang's Research Lab in UCLA Please contact them for more information Micro-stereolithography (mSL) has been developed to produce highly
precise, three-dimensional (3D) microstructures from broad selection
of functional materials, especially bio-compatible materials. In
principle, mSL utilizes focused light to scan over the surface of
a photo-curable resin, which undergoes photo-polymerization and
forms solid microstructures. It provides an engineering platform
for various applications, such as Microelectromechanical Systems
(MEMS), integrated photonics, tissue engineering, and THz metamaterial
synthesis. The mSL fabricated devices, containing complex engineered
microstructures which are covered with self-asembled functional
groups, can work as a unique interface between the nanometer scale
functional group and marco-scale bio-medical samples, therefore
can find applications in Bio-MEMS.
The microstereolithography system and the principle of operation. Following are some fine structures we have fabricated in our lab. The finest feature that we have fabricated is a 0.6 micron suspended polymer line. Along with polymeric microstructure, ceramic and metal complex microstructures have also been fabricated, which are accomplished by mixing UV curable resin with ceramic and metal fine powders.
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