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3-D Printing

French firm builds a statuette of liberty

by Alexander H. Tullo
January 30, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 4

 

A photo of a tiny Statue of Liberty on a penny.
Credit: Microlight3D
Microlight3D printed its statue with a silica nanoparticle–doped polymer.

To commemorate the inauguration of President Joe Biden, the French 3-D printing specialist Microlight3D fashioned a 1.8 mm tall replica of the Statue of Liberty, long a symbol of Franco-American friendship. The replica also serves to demonstrate the company’s process, which is based on two-photon polymerization with a green pulsed laser that operates at a wavelength of 532 nm. The company is aiming at markets such as microparts and medical devices.

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