3D Printing a Low‐Cost Miniature Accommodating Optical Microscope

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 35; no. 20; pp. e2208365 - n/a
• Main Authors: Hai, Rihan, Shao, Guangbin, Ware, Henry Oliver T., Jones, Evan Hunter, Sun, Cheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2023
• Subjects: 3-D printers; 3D printing; additive manufacturing; Assembling; Depth of field; Form factors; low cost; Manufacturing; microcontinuous liquid interface production; miniature accommodating optical microscopes; optical imaging systems; Optical microscopes; Optical properties; Three dimensional printing; additive manufacturing; microcontinuous liquid interface production; miniature accommodating optical microscopes; low cost; 3D printing; optical imaging systems

This decade has witnessed the tremendous progress in miniaturizing optical imaging systems. Despite the advancements in 3D printing optical lenses at increasingly smaller dimensions, challenges remain in precisely manufacturing the dimensionally compatible optomechanical components and assembling th...