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Two-photon fabrication

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Two-photon polymerization is a 3D nanoscale manufacturing tool that offers great potential for rapid prototyping and the manufacture of photonic devices, tissue scaffolds and biomechanical parts.

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Figure 1: Inside view of the front of the commercially available 2PP system (housing open).

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Figure 2: A spiral photonic crystal fabricated using the zirconium/silicon hybrid sol–gel SZ2080.

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Figure 3: A 3D split-ring metamaterial structure, fabricated using a metal-binding hybrid polymer composite.

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Figure 4: A selection of biomechanical parts made by 2PP.

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  1. Maria Farsari is at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), N. Plastira 100, GR-70013, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. mfarsari@iesl.forth.gr,

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  2. Boris N. Chichkov is the Head of the Nanotechnology Department, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany, and is a Physics Professor at Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, D-30167 Hannover, Germany. b.chichkov@lzh.de,

    Boris N. Chichkov

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Farsari, M., Chichkov, B. Two-photon fabrication. Nature Photon 3, 450–452 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2009.131

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