This video shows a realtime recording of the 3D micro printing process by two-photon polymerization. The length of the spaceship is about equal to the diameter of a human hair!

“We start with the CAD model of a Hellcat spaceship from Wing Commander Saga and use our 3D printer Photonic Professional GT to print a polymer model on the microscale. The final structure is then inspected with a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Overall printing time was less than 50 seconds for the ship with dimensions 125µm x 81µm x 26.8µm (l x w x h).”

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