3D Bioplotter Research Papers

Single-crystal microstructure can bring high performance for many materials including piezoelectrics, semiconductors, and cuprate superconductors. Unlike single-crystal metals that can be machined into complex components, most single-crystal ceramics are limited to the shape of thin films or plates due to their brittleness. However, more designs of advanced devices need to break these geometric limitations. 3D-ink-printing can efficiently fabricate complex architectured ceramics, but the microstructure is polycrystals. Here, for the first time, we demonstrate a route to grow single-crystal on 3D printed ceramic-YBa2 Cu 3 O7-x (YBCO) superconductors that can simultaneously have complex architectures and high critical current density. An ink…