3D soft glass printing of preforms for microstructured optical fibers
We report on the development of a 3D printing process dedicated to the production of soft glass optical fibers. Direct printing with a miniaturized crucible for melting glass blocks with a pneumatic extrusion head was established. For 3D printing, a developed in-house heavy metal oxide glass was used. Contrary to previous studies on 3D printing […]
Honeycomb Biosilica in Sponges: From Understanding Principles of Unique Hierarchical Organization to Assessing Biomimetic Potential
Structural bioinspiration in modern material science and biomimetics represents an actual trend that was originally based on the bioarchitectural diversity of invertebrate skeletons, specifically, honeycomb constructs of natural origin, which have been in humanities focus since ancient times. We conducted a study on the principles of bioarchitecture regarding the unique biosilica-based honeycomb-like skeleton of the […]