Three-dimensional (3D) printing has a significant role in membrane production for water purification and bio-separation, with capacity to create new and cleverly designed structures. The researchers ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Several groups have been using direct laser writing since the end of the 1990s," Michael Thiel tells PhysOrg.com. Thiel is a scientist has been working at the Karlsruhe Institute of ...

(a) Schematic of the laser direct-writing system. (b) Vertical view of the cantilever of the SNOM tip. (c) Details of the pyramid tip structure and three-dimensional (3D) multiphysics model in the ...

image: Design and fabrication of flexible capacitive humidity sensors. (a) Fabrication processes of flexible Ga2O3/LM humidity sensors, including ultrasonication, spraying coating and laser sintering.

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Numerous research efforts already have demonstrated the feasibility of fabricating graphene-based electronics through high-throughput ink printing strategies (see for instance: ...

A team of engineers has developed a new way of 3D-printing metals that could improve on existing, laser-on-powder based methods. It relies on using semi-solid metals that are solid at rest, but can ...