Two‐photon polymerization lithography for optics and photonics: fundamentals, materials, technologies, and applications

H Wang, W Zhang, D Ladika, H Yu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid development of additive manufacturing has fueled a revolution in various research
fields and industrial applications. Among the myriad of advanced 3D printing techniques …

Advanced liquid crystal devices for augmented reality and virtual reality displays: principles and applications

K Yin, EL Hsiang, J Zou, Y Li, Z Yang, Q Yang… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and photonic devices play a pivotal role to augmented reality
(AR) and virtual reality (VR). The recently emerging high-dynamic-range (HDR) mini-LED …

Recent advances in 4D printing of liquid crystal elastomers

M Chen, M Gao, L Bai, H Zheng, HJ Qi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are renowned for their large, reversible, and anisotropic
shape change in response to various external stimuli due to their lightly cross‐linked …

Recent advances on high‐speed and holographic two‐photon direct laser writing

A Balena, M Bianco, F Pisanello… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Two‐Photon Lithography, thanks to its very high sub‐diffraction resolution, has
become the lithographic technique par excellence in applications requiring small feature …

4D printing of liquid crystals: what's right for me?

M Del Pozo, JAHP Sol, APHJ Schenning… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have seen major advances in the developments of both additive
manufacturing concepts and responsive materials. When combined as 4D printing, the …

Femtosecond laser direct writing of functional stimulus-responsive structures and applications

Y Zhang, D Wu, Y Zhang, Y Bian, C Wang… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Diverse natural organisms possess stimulus-responsive structures to adapt to the
surrounding environment. Inspired by nature, researchers have developed various smart …

Two-photon polymerization lithography for imaging optics

H Wang, CF Pan, C Li, KS Menghrajani… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical imaging systems have greatly extended human visual capabilities, enabling the
observation and understanding of diverse phenomena. Imaging technologies span a broad …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid crystal beam steering devices: principles, recent advances, and future developments

Z He, F Gou, R Chen, K Yin, T Zhan, ST Wu - Crystals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Continuous, wide field-of-view, high-efficiency, and fast-response beam steering devices are
desirable in a plethora of applications. Liquid crystals (LCs)—soft, bi-refringent, and self …

[HTML][HTML] 3D and 4D lithography of untethered microrobots

F Rajabasadi, L Schwarz, M Medina-Sánchez… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last decades, additive manufacturing (AM), also called three-dimensional (3D)
printing, has advanced micro/nano-fabrication technologies, especially in applications like …

[HTML][HTML] Two-photon polymerization: Functionalized microstructures, micro-resonators, and bio-scaffolds

AJG Otuka, NB Tomazio, KT Paula, CR Mendonça - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The direct laser writing technique based on two-photon polymerization (TPP) has evolved
considerably over the past two decades. Its remarkable characteristics, such as 3D …