Jianrong Qiu is a professor in College of Optical Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from Okayama University (Japan) in 1992. He specializes in lasermatter interaction and optical materials. Prof. Qiu is the Chair Professor of Cheung Kong Scholars Program, fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA), the American Ceramic Society (ACS), the International Glass Commission, and the Chinese Ceramics Society. He is also the vice Chairman of Photoelectronic Glasses Branch, Associate Editor (or International Advisory Board Member) of the Asian J Ceram Soc, Int J Appl Glass Sci, and J Non-Cryst Solids.

REVIEW ARTICLE

3D printing of glass by additive manufacturing techniques: a review

Dao ZHANG, Xiaofeng LIU, Jianrong QIU

Front. Optoelectron.. 2021, 14 (3): 263-277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-020-1009-z

Abstract:

Additive manufacturing (AM), which is also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, uses computer-aided design to build objects layer by layer. Here, we focus on the recent progress in the development of techniques for 3D printing of glass, an important optoelectronic material, including fused deposition modeling, selective laser sintering/melting, stereolithography (SLA) and direct ink writing. We compare these 3D printing methods and analyze their benefits and problems for the manufacturing of functional glass objects. In addition, we discuss the technological principles of 3D glass printing and applications of 3D printed glass objects. This review is finalized by a summary of the current achievements and perspectives for the future development of the 3D glass printing technique.

Keywords:three-dimensional (3D) printing, glass, fused deposition modeling (FDM), selective laser sintering/melting (SLS/SLM), stereolithography (SLA), digital light processing (DLP), direct ink write (DIW), optical devices, microfluidic