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 …

Optical meta-waveguides for integrated photonics and beyond

Y Meng, Y Chen, L Lu, Y Ding, A Cusano… - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
The growing maturity of nanofabrication has ushered massive sophisticated optical
structures available on a photonic chip. The integration of subwavelength-structured …

The physics of 3D printing with light

P Somers, A Münchinger, S Maruo, C Moser… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The goal of 3D printing is to realize complex 3D structures by locally adding material in small
volume elements called voxels—in contrast to successively subtracting material by etching …

[HTML][HTML] Femtosecond laser precision engineering: from micron, submicron, to nanoscale

Z Lin, M Hong - Ultrafast Science, 2021 - spj.science.org
As a noncontact strategy with flexible tools and high efficiency, laser precision engineering
is a significant advanced processing way for high-quality micro-/nanostructure fabrication …

3D nanofabricated soft microrobots with super-compliant picoforce springs as onboard sensors and actuators

H Xu, S Wu, Y Liu, X Wang, AK Efremov, L Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microscale organisms and specialized motile cells use protein-based spring-like responsive
structures to sense, grasp and move. Rendering this biomechanical transduction …

Miniature optoelectronic compound eye camera

ZY Hu, YL Zhang, C Pan, JY Dou, ZZ Li, ZN Tian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Inspired by insect compound eyes (CEs) that feature unique optical schemes for imaging,
there has recently been growing interest in develo** optoelectronic CE cameras with …

Recent advances in multi‐photon 3D laser printing: active materials and applications

P Mainik, CA Spiegel, E Blasco - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Since the pioneering work of Kawata and colleagues in 1997, multi‐photon 3D laser
printing, also known as direct laser writing, has made significant advancements in a wide …

Two-photon polymerization-based 4D printing and its applications

B Jian, H Li, X He, R Wang, HY Yang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Two-photon polymerization (TPP) is a cutting-edge micro/nanoscale three-dimensional (3D)
printing technology based on the principle of two-photon absorption. TPP surpasses the …

Light-triggered multi-joint microactuator fabricated by two-in-one femtosecond laser writing

C **n, Z Ren, L Zhang, L Yang, D Wang, Y Hu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Inspired by the flexible joints of humans, actuators containing soft joints have been
developed for various applications, including soft grippers, artificial muscles, and wearable …

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 …