PFI-TT: Development and Commercialization of a Microscale Three-Dimentional (3D) Printer for Multi-materials

PFI-TT：用于多材料的微型三维 (3D) 打印机的开发和商业化

• 批准号: 2213693
• 负责人: Heng Pan
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-15 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2213693&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PFI; TT; Development; Commercialization; Microscale

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Partnerships for Innovation - Technology Translation (PFI-TT) project is in addressing the rapidly growing need in manufacturing smaller devices to support miniaturization of systems and products. An increasing number of devices require smaller designs and incorporate miniaturized components. The demand for miniaturized devices is often unfulfilled due to the high costs associated with traditional manufacturing methods and the lack of high-precision three dimensional (3D) printing technology. The proposed micro- and nanoscale 3D printing technology is expected to better enable miniaturization and the design and manufacture of small components in different industries as diverse as medicine, microelectronics, optics, biosensors, aerospace, defense, and high-frequency communications. The graduate student will be simultaneously exposed to cutting-edge research and entrepreneurial endeavors, which provides a strong training opportunity for a future innovator and/or entrepreneur.The proposed project seeks to develop and demonstrate the scale-up of laser-based micro and nanoscale printing process with the goal of commercializing the technology. An ultrafast laser can be used to non-equilibrium heat nanocrystals, trigger the spontaneous and localized fusion of the nanocrystals, and 3D print micro/nanostructures. In this project, use-inspired and applied research will be performed to increase the printing rate by orders of magnitude such that the technique can be further evaluated against the various needs of potential customers and basic scientists alike. The proposed micro/nano 3D printer will allow direct metal printing with submicron resolution and multi-material printing.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这种创新合作伙伴关系的更广泛的影响/商业潜力 - 技术翻译（PFI -TT）项目在于满足制造较小设备的迅速增长的需求，以支持系统和产品的微型化。越来越多的设备需要较小的设计，并结合了微型组件。由于与传统制造方法相关的高成本以及缺乏高素质的三维印刷技术，因此对微型设备的需求通常无法实现。拟议的微观和纳米级3D打印技术有望更好地实现小型化，并在不同行业中的小型组件的设计和制造，例如医学，微电子，光学，生物传感器，航空航天，防御，防御和高频通信。研究生将同时接触尖端的研究和企业家努力，这为未来的创新者和/或企业家提供了强大的培训机会。拟议的项目旨在开发和展示基于激光的微型和纳米级的规模打印过程的目标是商业化技术。超快激光器可用于非平衡热纳米晶体，触发纳米晶体的自发和局部融合以及3D打印微/纳米结构。在该项目中，将通过数量级来提高印刷率，以便可以进一步评估潜在客户和基础科学家的各种需求，以提高印刷率。拟议的Micro/Nano 3D打印机将允许以亚微米分辨率和多物质印刷的直接金属印刷。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛影响的评估评估标准的评估来支持的。