Print the future: a 3D micro-optics revolution

In a recent publication in the scientific journal Trends in Chemistry from Cell Press, researchers from the University of Twente delve into the potential of 3D printing ceramics in micro-optics. These tiny ceramic structures can potentially be used to generate light and store information. "Let's make ceramics so small they can manipulate light." As with many publications, the article began with curiosity-driven students. J.P. Winczewski (former Ph.D. J. Arriaga-Dávila (Nanotechnology master), and C. Rosero-Arias (Ph.D.) dove into 3D printing ceramics beyond our eyesight. "Instead of printing something massive, we decided to go the other way around and make extremely small printed structures", says Arturo Susarrey-Arce, assistant professor at the Mesoscale Chemical Systems research group of the University of Twente. Ceramics for micro-optics.