Glass could also be combined with polymers with specialized electro-conductive or optical properties to produce multi-functional 3D printed devices." 3D printing would also be useful for making ...

Metal printers exist but they aren’t cheap. However, it is possible to print molds and cast metal parts using them. [Amos Dudley] prints molds. But instead of metal, he casts parts out of glass.

In a recent paper titled “Three-dimensional printing of transparent fused silica glass“, [Kolz, F et. al.] have proposed a method which uses stereolithography printers to create glass objects ...

Once the material cools it is, like other glass, transparent, but the ripples and layers are still visible, giving rise to unique-looking textures. The The 3D-printing process allows makers to ...

Glass powder doesn't readily absorb liquid, however, so the approach used with ceramic printing had to be radically altered. "Using our normal process to print objects produced gelatin-like parts ...

The palette of materials that can be used as 3-D printing “ink” is quickly growing in diversity, but one ubiquitous material has, until now, been absent: transparent glass. This object was ...

But what if the glass panels could simply have been printed with a 3D printer? Until now, this wouldn’t have been possible at all. The most commonly used 3D printing materials are polymers ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists and academic collaborators have demonstrated the synthesis of transparent glass through 3D printing, a development that could ultimately lead to ...