{"670143":{"#nid":"670143","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Process 3D Prints Glass Microstructures at Low Temperature with Fast Curing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUsing ultraviolet light instead of extremely high temperatures, a team of Georgia Tech researchers has developed a new approach for 3D printing small glass lenses and other structures that would be useful for medical devices and research applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir process reduces the heat required to convert printed polymer resin to silica glass from 1,100 degrees Celsius to around 220 degrees C and shortens the curing time from half a day or more to just five hours. They\u2019ve used it to produce all kinds of glass microstructures, including tiny lenses approximately the width of a human hair that could be used for medical imaging inside the body.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELed by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/qi\u0022\u003EH. Jerry Qi\u003C\/a\u003E, the team described their approach Oct. 4 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.adi2958\u0022\u003Ein the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience Advances\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is one of the exploratory examples showing that it is possible to fabricate ceramics at mild conditions, because silica is a kind of ceramic,\u201d Qi said. \u201cIt is a very challenging problem. We have a team that includes people from chemistry and materials science engaged in a data-driven approach to push the boundary and see if we can produce more ceramics with this approach.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/new-process-3d-prints-glass-microstructures-low-temperature-fast-curing\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers use UV light instead of high heat to make glass that can be used for medical devices, microelectronics, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers use UV light instead of high heat to make glass that can be used for medical devices, microelectronics, and more."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2023-10-04 16:32:08","changed_gmt":"2023-10-04 19:25:33","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671938":{"id":"671938","type":"image","title":"Qi 3D printed glass microstructures GT","body":"\u003Cp\u003EA \u201cGT\u201d logo glass at only 120 x 80 micrometers. The structures was 3D printed using a process developed in Jerry Qi\u0027s lab that allows creation of transparent tiny structures at low temperatures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1696444200","gmt_created":"2023-10-04 18:30:00","changed":"1696444200","gmt_changed":"2023-10-04 18:30:00","alt":"a 3D printed silica glass \u0022GT\u0022 logo","file":{"fid":"255098","name":"Qi-3D-printed-glass-GT.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/04\/Qi-3D-printed-glass-GT.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/04\/Qi-3D-printed-glass-GT.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":504659,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/10\/04\/Qi-3D-printed-glass-GT.jpg?itok=322zE-fJ"}}},"media_ids":["671938"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"94761","name":"Jerry Qi"},{"id":"14545","name":"George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}