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Title: Additive Manufacturing of Optical Quality Germania–Silica Glasses

Abstract

Direct ink writing (DIW) three-dimensional (3D) printing provides a revolutionary approach to fabricating components with gradients in material properties. Herein, we report a method for generating colloidal germania feedstock and germania–silica inks for the production of optical quality germania–silica (GeO2–SiO2) glasses by DIW, making available a new material composition for the development of multimaterial and functionally graded optical quality glasses and ceramics by additive manufacturing. Colloidal germania and silica particles are prepared by a base-catalyzed sol–gel method and converted to printable shear-thinning suspensions with desired viscoelastic properties for DIW. The volatile solvents are then evaporated, and the green bodies are calcined and sintered to produce transparent, crack-free glasses. Chemical and structural evolution of GeO2–SiO2 glasses is confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray diffraction, and Raman spectroscopy. UV–vis transmission and optical homogeneity measurements reveal comparable performance of the 3D printed GeO2–SiO2 glasses to glasses produced using conventional approaches and improved performance over 3D printed TiO2–SiO2 inks. Moreover, because GeO2–SiO2 inks are compatible with DIW technology, they offer exciting options for forming new materials with patterned compositions such as gradients in the refractive index that cannot be achieved with conventional manufacturing approaches.

Authors:
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1598121
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-770218
Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244; 961268
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 3D printing; GeO2–SiO2 glass; sol−gel; multimaterial; direct ink writing

Citation Formats

Sasan, Koroush, Lange, Andrew, Yee, Timothy D., Dudukovic, Nikola, Nguyen, Du T., Johnson, Michael A., Herrera, Oscar D., Yoo, Jae Hyuck, Sawvel, April M., Ellis, Megan Elizabeth, Mah, Christopher M., Ryerson, Rick, Wong, Lana L., Suratwala, Tayyab, Destino, Joel F., and Dylla-Spears, Rebecca. Additive Manufacturing of Optical Quality Germania–Silica Glasses. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1021/acsami.9b21136.
Sasan, Koroush, Lange, Andrew, Yee, Timothy D., Dudukovic, Nikola, Nguyen, Du T., Johnson, Michael A., Herrera, Oscar D., Yoo, Jae Hyuck, Sawvel, April M., Ellis, Megan Elizabeth, Mah, Christopher M., Ryerson, Rick, Wong, Lana L., Suratwala, Tayyab, Destino, Joel F., & Dylla-Spears, Rebecca. Additive Manufacturing of Optical Quality Germania–Silica Glasses. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b21136
Sasan, Koroush, Lange, Andrew, Yee, Timothy D., Dudukovic, Nikola, Nguyen, Du T., Johnson, Michael A., Herrera, Oscar D., Yoo, Jae Hyuck, Sawvel, April M., Ellis, Megan Elizabeth, Mah, Christopher M., Ryerson, Rick, Wong, Lana L., Suratwala, Tayyab, Destino, Joel F., and Dylla-Spears, Rebecca. Tue . "Additive Manufacturing of Optical Quality Germania–Silica Glasses". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b21136. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1598121.
@article{osti_1598121,
title = {Additive Manufacturing of Optical Quality Germania–Silica Glasses},
author = {Sasan, Koroush and Lange, Andrew and Yee, Timothy D. and Dudukovic, Nikola and Nguyen, Du T. and Johnson, Michael A. and Herrera, Oscar D. and Yoo, Jae Hyuck and Sawvel, April M. and Ellis, Megan Elizabeth and Mah, Christopher M. and Ryerson, Rick and Wong, Lana L. and Suratwala, Tayyab and Destino, Joel F. and Dylla-Spears, Rebecca},
abstractNote = {Direct ink writing (DIW) three-dimensional (3D) printing provides a revolutionary approach to fabricating components with gradients in material properties. Herein, we report a method for generating colloidal germania feedstock and germania–silica inks for the production of optical quality germania–silica (GeO2–SiO2) glasses by DIW, making available a new material composition for the development of multimaterial and functionally graded optical quality glasses and ceramics by additive manufacturing. Colloidal germania and silica particles are prepared by a base-catalyzed sol–gel method and converted to printable shear-thinning suspensions with desired viscoelastic properties for DIW. The volatile solvents are then evaporated, and the green bodies are calcined and sintered to produce transparent, crack-free glasses. Chemical and structural evolution of GeO2–SiO2 glasses is confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray diffraction, and Raman spectroscopy. UV–vis transmission and optical homogeneity measurements reveal comparable performance of the 3D printed GeO2–SiO2 glasses to glasses produced using conventional approaches and improved performance over 3D printed TiO2–SiO2 inks. Moreover, because GeO2–SiO2 inks are compatible with DIW technology, they offer exciting options for forming new materials with patterned compositions such as gradients in the refractive index that cannot be achieved with conventional manufacturing approaches.},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.9b21136},
journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
number = 5,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 14 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Tue Jan 14 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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