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Bluestein 2y ago
Am intrigued myself. Will, opportunity permitting.- PS. This ... - https://www.glassomer.com/technology.html https://www.glassomer.com/technology.html ... might be a nice starting point.- To wit: ""Glass outperforms polymers in many applications and is unmatched in its combination of high thermal, chemical stability paired with high transparency. However, today customers often use polymers instead of glass – because glass shaping is inherently more difficult than polymer shaping. Glassomer changes that."" The applications - it seems to me particularly - in optoelectronic circuits would be tremendous.- PS. This quartz process and product is 3D-printable and moldable, as if it were plastic.-
- abdullahkhalids 2y ago
  The video here is interesting. > The applications - it seems to me particularly - in optoelectronic circuits would be tremendous. Research level optics is very high quality glass [1], with surface irregularity down to 100s of nm. But the company is trying to sell lenses [2], so perhaps for some cheap commercial applications you can create nice lenses using this method. That would be still be excellent. [1] https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=123 https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=12... [2] https://www.glassomer.com/products/lenses.html https://www.glassomer.com/products/lenses.html
  - Bluestein 2y ago
    Nicely found.- > with surface irregularity down to 100s of nm. That is an amazing level of precision.-
    - abdullahkhalids 2y ago
      To give this some fun context, carbon atoms are roughly 0.1 nm across. So that's means little bumps of 100s or 1000s of atoms are allowed on the surface. Might seem bad at first glance, but I think it just points to how small atoms really are. Besides, such bumps don't really effect the light being used. Coming back to 3D printing, if their surface irregularity is two orders of magnitude worse, that means 100k atom bumps. Really speaks to how difficult these engineering challenges are.
      - Bluestein 2y ago
        > think it just points to how small atoms really are A fascinating fact, along with how hollow ...
        vinnyvichy 2y ago
        PI from Glassomer's team reports sub-micrometer resolution elsewhere, see (July 2024) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202405320 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202405320
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  - gradschoolfail 2y ago
    This class of methods should be able to reach submicron resolution. I am fairly certain the various teams are working hard to improve that. Regarding optoelectronics, perhaps these are already good enough for NIR applications? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38996-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38996-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46929-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46929-x

Am intrigued myself. Will, opportunity permitting.- PS. This ... - https://www.glassomer.com/technology.html https://www.glassomer.com/technology.html ... might be a nice starting point.- To wit: ""Glass outperforms polymers in many applications and is unmatched in its combination of high thermal, chemical stability paired with high transparency. However, today customers often use polymers instead of glass – because glass shaping is inherently more difficult than polymer shaping. Glassomer changes that."" The applications - it seems to me particularly - in optoelectronic circuits would be tremendous.- PS. This quartz process and product is 3D-printable and moldable, as if it were plastic.-

abdullahkhalids 2y ago
The video here is interesting. > The applications - it seems to me particularly - in optoelectronic circuits would be tremendous. Research level optics is very high quality glass [1], with surface irregularity down to 100s of nm. But the company is trying to sell lenses [2], so perhaps for some cheap commercial applications you can create nice lenses using this method. That would be still be excellent. [1] https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=123 https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=12... [2] https://www.glassomer.com/products/lenses.html https://www.glassomer.com/products/lenses.html
- Bluestein 2y ago
  Nicely found.- > with surface irregularity down to 100s of nm. That is an amazing level of precision.-
  - abdullahkhalids 2y ago
    To give this some fun context, carbon atoms are roughly 0.1 nm across. So that's means little bumps of 100s or 1000s of atoms are allowed on the surface. Might seem bad at first glance, but I think it just points to how small atoms really are. Besides, such bumps don't really effect the light being used. Coming back to 3D printing, if their surface irregularity is two orders of magnitude worse, that means 100k atom bumps. Really speaks to how difficult these engineering challenges are.
    - Bluestein 2y ago
      > think it just points to how small atoms really are A fascinating fact, along with how hollow ...
      - vinnyvichy 2y ago
        PI from Glassomer's team reports sub-micrometer resolution elsewhere, see (July 2024) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202405320 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202405320
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- gradschoolfail 2y ago
  This class of methods should be able to reach submicron resolution. I am fairly certain the various teams are working hard to improve that. Regarding optoelectronics, perhaps these are already good enough for NIR applications? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38996-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38996-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46929-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46929-x