A review of the techniques for the mold manufacturing of micro/nanostructures for precision glass molding

Tianfeng Zhou*, Yupeng He, Tianxing Wang, Zhanchen Zhu, Ruzhen Xu, Qian Yu, Bin Zhao, Wenxiang Zhao, Peng Liu, Xibin Wang

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Abstract

Micro/nanostructured components play an important role in micro-optics and optical engineering, tribology and surface engineering, and biological and biomedical engineering, among other fields. Precision glass molding technology is the most efficient method of manufacturing micro/nanostructured glass components, the premise of which is meld manufacturing with complementary micro/nanostructures. Numerous mold manufacturing methods have been developed to fabricate extremely small and high-quality micro/nanostructures to satisfy the demands of functional micro/nanostructured glass components for various applications. Moreover, the service performance of the mold should also be carefully considered. This paper reviews a variety of technologies for manufacturing micro/nanostructured molds. The authors begin with an introduction of the extreme requirements of mold materials. The following section provides a detailed survey of the existing micro/nanostructured mold manufacturing techniques and their corresponding mold materials, including nonmechanical and mechanical methods. This paper concludes with a detailed discussion of the authors recent research on nickel-phosphorus (Ni-P) mold manufacturing and its service performance.

Original languageEnglish
Article number042002
JournalInternational Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
Volume3
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2021

Keywords

  • Extreme features
  • Micro/nanostructure
  • Mold manufacturing
  • Mold material
  • Precision glass molding

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