Working principle of deep-penetration acoustic volumetric printing (DAVP) (IMAGE)

Duke University

Working principle of deep-penetration acoustic volumetric printing (DAVP)

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DAVP prints 3D constructs by curing sono-inks with focused ultrasound waves. The sono-thermal effect triggers the decomposition of the sono-inks to form polymer networks at the ultrasound focal zone.

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Junjie Yao, Duke University; Shrike Yu Zhang, Harvard Medical School.

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