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Topical Review | Open Access

Projection micro stereolithography based 3D printing and its applications

Qi Ge1 , Zhiqin Li2, Zhaolong Wang3 , Kavin Kowsari4, Wang Zhang5, Xiangnan He1, Jianlin Zhou2, Nicholas X Fang4
Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
BMF Material Technology Inc., Shenzhen 518110, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
State-Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, United States of America
Digital Manufacturing and Design Centre, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 487372, Singapore
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Abstract

Projection micro stereolithography (PμSL) is a high-resolution (up to 0.6 μm) 3D printing technology based on area projection triggered photopolymerization, and capable of fabricating complex 3D architectures covering multiple scales and with multiple materials. This paper reviews the recent development of the PμSL based 3D printing technologies, together with the related applications. It introduces the working principle, the commercialized products, and the recent multiscale, multimaterial printing capability of PμSL as well as some functional photopolymers that are suitable to PμSL. This review paper also summarizes a few typical applications of PμSL including mechanical metamaterials, optical components, 4D printing, bioinspired materials and biomedical applications, and offers perspectives on the directions of the further development of PμSL based 3D printing technology.

Keywords

projection microstereolithographymultiscale 3D printingmultimaterial 3D printing

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International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
Volume 2 Issue 2,
June 2020
Pages 022004-022004
DOI: 10.1088/2631-7990/ab8d9a
Cite this article:
Ge Q, Li Z, Wang Z, et al. Projection micro stereolithography based 3D printing and its applications. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, 2020, 2(2): 022004. https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/ab8d9a

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Received: 31 January 2020
Revised: 06 April 2020
Accepted: 26 April 2020
Published: 04 June 2020
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