Heat Turns 3D-Printed POSS Structures Into Ultrastrong Silica Glass in ssalimpour

Salimpour Website |Researchers combined thermal, optical, mechanical, and spectroscopic measurements to map the transformation of two-photon polymerization-printed POSS/acrylate microstructures into silica glass during thermolysis. The material progresses from a rubber-like organic-inorganic

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Heat Turns 3D-Printed POSS Structures Into Ultrastrong Silica Glass

Heat Turns 3D-Printed POSS Structures Into Ultrastrong Silica Glass

Researchers combined thermal, optical, mechanical, and spectroscopic measurements to map the transformation of two-photon polymerization-printed POSS/acrylate microstructures into silica glass during thermolysis. The material progresses from a rubber-like organic-inorganic network to dense fused silica, with about 40% linear shrinkage and tensile strength reaching 5.94 ± 0.45 GPa after treatment at 1000 °C.