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A microscope only 8 millimetres wide has a 3D-printed lens. Credit: R. Hai et al./Adv. Mater. (CC BY 4.0)
A miniaturized microscope can be built from 3D-printed parts at a lower cost compared with competing manufacturing processes1.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00072-7
Hai, R., Shao, G., Ware, H. O. T., Jones, E. H. & Sun, C. Adv. Mater. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202208365 (2023).
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