Purdue Research Foundation (20250073989). NANOSCALE SINGLE PHOTON THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
NANOSCALE SINGLE PHOTON THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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Inventor(s)
Liang Pan of West Lafayette IN (US)
Xianfan Xu of West Lafayette IN (US)
Bryan W. Boudouris of Tuscaloosa AL (US)
NANOSCALE SINGLE PHOTON THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250073989 titled 'NANOSCALE SINGLE PHOTON THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Original Abstract Submitted
a method of additive manufacturing includes directing a first photon beam onto a resin and directing a second photon beam onto the resin to generate a reactive species from the initiator molecule to thereby polymerize a portion of the resin. the resin includes an initiator molecule and a sensitizer molecule. the first photon beam simultaneously excites each of the initiator molecule and the sensitizer molecule, transitions each of the initiator molecule and the sensitizer molecule into their respective singlet excited states; and transfers, at least one of energy or electrons, from the singlet excited state of the sensitizer molecule to the initiator molecule.
