• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 49, Issue 12, 20201079 (2020)
Zijie Lin, Jian Xu*, and Ya Cheng
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20201079 Cite this Article
    Zijie Lin, Jian Xu, Ya Cheng. Laser assisted 3D metal microprinting (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(12): 20201079 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Processing techniqueFeature sizeSpeedApplicable metalsCharacteristics
    Laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT)[29-40]Several μmseveral tens of micrometers per second Ag, Au,Al, Cu,Cr,Ge,Ni,Pd, Pt,Sn,Ti,V,W,Zn, etc. Rapid manufacture of microstructures with a precision down to submicron scale; High surface roughness.
    Laser decal transfer (LDT)[41-45]Depended on the voxel size Depended on the voxel size Ag, Au,Al, Cu,Cr,Ge,Ni,Pd,Pt, Sn, Ti,V,W,Zn, etc. Rapid manufacture of voxels with specific shapes.
    Femtosecond laser-induced photoreduction (FLIP)[46-57]100 nm-3 μmseveral tens of micrometers per second Ag,Au,Cu,NiDirect fabrication of sub-micron metal structures; High surface roughness.
    Laser micro-sintering (LMS)[58-69]>10 μmseveral tens of centimeters per second Al,Ag,Cu,Ni,T, W,Mo,Cr High density of metal microstructures; High surface roughness.
    3D metalization of two-photon polymerization[70-80]120 nm several tens of centimeters per second Ag, Au, Cu, etc.Surface metallization for 3D structures.
    Laser-assisted electrophoretic deposition (LAED)[81-85]500 nm-several μmseveral hundreds of nanometers per second AuDirect fabrication of metal microstructures; High surface roughness.
    Glass-channel molding assisted 3D printing[105]10-200 μmAg,Cu,Au, Ni,Pd, etc. Low surface roughness; Widely tunable feature size.
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    Representative techniques for laser-assisted 3D metal microprinting

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