Much of Jasmin Saewe’s research work is aimed at expanding the range of materials available for use in additive manufacturing (AM).
“Some say there are already enough materials in AM, however if you look at the numbers, I would say that in conventional manufacturing there are still several factors more materials available to select from,” she said in a recent webinar.
Gentle high-temperature crystallisation: Fraunhofer ILT, together with Fraunhofer ISIT and IST, has developed a selective, laser-based crystallisation process for the manufacture of MEMS sensor units directly on active circuits. (Image: Fraunhofer ILT)
Researchers are using laser-based crystallisation to eliminate the need for wires and solder joints in the monolithic integration of MEMS sensors
The micro loudspeaker proves that microactuators can be produced in seconds and at low costs using inkjet printers and lasers. (Image: Fraunhofer ILT)
The process could be used as a faster and more affordable alternative to vacuum- and mask-based piezo-MEMS manufacturing methods
Jessica Rowbury reports on the importance of technical light applications in meeting the targets of the Paris Agreement
The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT), based in Aachen, Germany, has developed a new ablative process for the ultra-precise machining of aspherical optics
At booth 4629-27 Fraunhofer ILT will be exhibiting new laser optics with diamond lenses that have enabled the institute to produce a laser cutting head that is 90 per cent lighter than comparable components instead using glass lenses
Organoid imaged with Andor’s desktop confocal microscope system, the BC43. Credit: Andor
As microscopes become ever more powerful, a growing band of businesses are racing to make the latest technologies more accessible and more affordable, reports Rebecca Pool
Illustration of a three-dimensional crystal with various types of confining centres. (a) Crystal with four confining centres, each trapping waves (yellow) in all three dimensions simultaneously. (b) Crystal with a linear confining centre where waves can propagate in one dimension, analogous to an optical fibre. (c) Crystal with a planar confining centre where waves can propagate in two dimensions, analogous to a 2D electron gas. (Image: Vos et al.)
Newly discovered fundamental rules have been embedded into software to dramatically optimise the design of photonic integrated circuits
