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Printing Functional 3D Microdevices by Laser-Induced Forward Transfer
Jun Luo1, Ralph Pohl2, Lehua Qi1
1School of Mechatronic Education Ministry Key Laboratory of Modern Design and Integrated Manufacturing Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Youyi West Road 127#, 710072, Xi'an, China.
Small (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|December 17, 2016
Abstract:
Slender, out-of-plane metal microdevices are made in a new spatial domain, by using laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) of metals. Here, a thermocouple with a thickness of 10 µm and a height of 250 µm, consisting of platinum and gold pillars is demonstrated. Multimaterial LIFT enables manufacturing in the micrometer to millimeter range, i.e., between lithography and other 3D printing technologies.
