A new review article by first author Cluster Young Scientist Paul Somers discusses the physics of 3D printing with light. The article published in the journal “nature reviews physics” focuses on the physics underlying optics-based approaches, including interference lithography, tomographic volumetric additive manufacturing, stereolithography, continuous liquid-interface printing, light-sheet printing, parallelized spatiotemporal focusing and (multi-)focus scanning. It depicts the challenges to make 3D printing ‘finer’, ‘faster’, ‘more’ (i.e. to largely expand the possibilities of multi-material printing), and ‘less expensive’. Cluster alumnus Alexander Münchinger and PI Martin Wegener were also involved in this publication.
