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    The present invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional object (3) comprising the following operations: • introducing a composition (11) into a polymerization vessel (9), • polymerizing by multi-photon polymerization using a light source (5), at predetermined locations, the composition (11) for producing the three-dimensional object (3), the composition (11) comprising at least one monomer (12), at least one filler and at least one a photoinitiator, the composition (11) having a transmittance per unit length greater than 75% at the emission wavelengths of the light source (5) and in that the at least one filler comprises nanoparticles.
    公开号:FR3079517A1
    申请号:FR1852698
    申请日:2018-03-28
    公开日:2019-10-04
    发明作者:Laurent Gallais-During；Jean-Claude Andre
    申请人:Aix Marseille Universite；Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS；Ecole Centrale de Marseille；
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    Method for producing a three-dimensional object by a multi-photon photopolymerization process and associated device
    The present invention relates to the field of three-dimensional printing. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional object and a device for implementing this method.
    Three-dimensional printing technologies have experienced considerable enthusiasm since their first uses in the mid-1980s. The three-dimensional printing techniques generally used are based on a principle of additive manufacturing, that is to say that an object is obtained sequentially by the superposition of layers or by sequential or continuous addition of material.
    Document FR 2567668 discloses a device for producing models of industrial parts. This device makes it possible to produce parts by scanning successive planes, for example horizontal, the scanning being carried out from the bottom to the top of the tank containing a monomer liquid.
    Among the various three-dimensional printing processes, there is more particularly the FDM (corresponding to the acronym Fused Déposition Modeling) corresponding to a modeling by deposition of molten material, the stereolithography also known by the acronym SLA, and selective laser sintering in which a laser agglomerates a layer of powder. These various techniques have been considerably improved in recent years so that they are no longer used only for the production of prototypes, but more and more often for the production of functional objects.
    A three-dimensional printing technique was developed in 1984. This is stereo-lithography by photo-polymerization of a liquid resin. This technique makes it possible to manufacture a three-dimensional object by a succession of layers of photopolymerizable resin. The object is made in a bath of liquid resin. The resin is generally polymerized by radical polymerization from a composition of acrylate monomers or by cationic polymerization from a composition of epoxy monomers and a photoinitiator or photoinitiator which allows polymerization under the effect of 'a light radiation. Certain compositions applied to single photon stereo lithography applications are commercially available. These compositions include monomers, typically aciylates or epoxies, and the photochemical initiator. According to this technique, we use a process localized in space with an amplification linked to a chain reaction.
    According to this technique, a mobile platform is generally immersed in a tank of liquid resin. This platform supports the object during its manufacture. The platform is positioned at a certain depth below the level of the resin. A laser beam is directed onto the surface of the liquid resin to carry out a suitable scan in order to photo-polymerize the resin and thus form a slice of the three-dimensional object to be manufactured. After the processing of a slice, the platform descends by a predefined distance corresponding to the thickness of a slice and the process is repeated for each slice of the object thus obtaining the complete structure in three dimensions of the object. Once the stereolithography process is complete, the three-dimensional object is removed from the tank, washed and any retaining elements are removed mechanically. The non-polymerized liquid resin present in the tank can then be reused. Depending on the resin used, a final post-treatment stage of the object can be carried out in order to harden it, such as for example a baking stage. According to this technique, the deposition times of the different layers can be long if it is not stimulated, in particular in the case of the use of viscous resins which have a low volume shrinkage during polymerization. In the case of the use of viscous resins with this technique, the use of scrapers is often recommended in order to obtain a layer having a flat and uniform surface to ensure the good adhesion of the different layers to each other and also to prevent any collapse of the object during its manufacture.
    These techniques have the drawback of not allowing very thin layers to be produced, typically of the order of a few tens of μm, or even, in certain delicate conditions, less than μm. Indeed, such layers have the risk of moving or being torn off during the manufacture of the three-dimensional object. Furthermore, these three-dimensional printing techniques by superimposing layers do not allow the production of complex objects or require a high degree of finishing. This is in particular due to the viscosity of the resin and to its surface tension. As a general rule, a resin of low viscosity, generally of the order of a few tens of centi-Poises (cP), is preferred, since it corresponds to an optimum between the resolution of the object and the time of placement and layer stabilization.
    Added to this is the fact that it is also necessary to manufacture holding elements, such as one or more supports, for example rods, which will be removed once the three-dimensional object is removed from the resin in order to maintain good places this object during its construction in the tank. These holding elements prove to be necessary because of the low viscosity of the resin and of its liquid nature on the one hand, and by the density of the polymerized material which is generally slightly higher than the resin which gave rise to it otherwise. go. An object created in a resin of low viscosity and without holding elements or supports would tend to move, if only when adding a layer of resin, which makes the manufacture of the object difficult, or even impossible. Depending on the complexity of the object to be produced, some of these supports cannot be easily removed and, in certain cases, the object cannot be manufactured by this three-dimensional printing technique. The production of holding elements or manufacturing appendages, the sole purpose of which is to allow the manufacture of the object, further increases the time of design, scanning, manufacturing and finishing.
    In addition, with three-dimensional printing processes using the fusion of a laser-induced powder, the pulverulent medium has a consistency of materials giving it a structure close to that of a solid. Under these conditions, it is not in principle necessary to introduce into the process supports, even if it uses layers. However, the strong anisotropy linked to the melting process leads certain manufacturers to recommend the use of supports which compensate for mechanical stresses, in particular in the case of the use of metallic powders.
    On the other hand, for objects requiring a finished surface appearance, it is necessary to use a manufacturing resolution adapted to the desired surface state or to carry out an additional treatment such as machining at the end of the process. impression.
    In order to overcome these limitations, it is possible to use multi-photon photopolymerization techniques (SL2P), in particular with two photons. Two photon photopolymerization techniques have for example been developed by Shoji Maruo, Osamu Nakamura and Satoshi Katawa, "Three-dimensional microfabrication with twophoton-absorbed photopolymerization", Opt. Lett. 22, pp. 132-134 (1997). These techniques consist in directly reaching, using a photon flux, advantageously formed by at least one focused laser beam, a designated place in a volume, for example of a tank, in order to photopolymerize the resin only at this place. An object can thus be manufactured continuously by directing the focused laser beam into the volume of the tank containing the composition without it being necessary to manufacture the object in sections or in successive layers. The production of three-dimensional objects by multi-photonic photo-polymerization thus makes it possible to produce three-dimensional objects of great complexity with a high degree of finish, which can for example be of the order of a few tens of nanometers. These SL2P printing techniques require the use of initiators capable of absorbing two photons sequentially or simultaneously in order to form reactive species making it possible to initiate the photo-polymerization. The absorption with two photons requiring, according to the material, a significant light density, of the order of a hundred mj / cm 2 at the focal point, the photo-polymerization is limited to the immediate vicinity of the focal point, where the light density is important enough to activate the initiator. One of the main advantages of two-photon stereo-lithography (SL2P) is that it allows the fabrication of three-dimensional objects without the need to fabricate the object in slices or superimposed layers. In the photopolymerization processes with one or two photons, for the polymerization of the resin to take place, it is necessary to cross a threshold linked to the local consumption of oxygen which is a polymerization inhibitor. This makes it possible to gain spatial resolution relative to the shape of the light beam. This effect is more important with bi-photon absorption than with single-photon absorption.
    This fixed resolution is linked to an elementary volume, called voxel, produced by the laser pulse. Voxel is the English acronym for "pixel volumetry", that is, pixel volumetric in French. If one wishes to have a good resolution without additional processing, when the object to be manufactured requires a high resolution, this leads to very long manufacturing times and possibly prohibitive operating costs. This is why this SL2P technique is generally limited to small objects, often in the millimeter or even micro- or nanometric range, and of simple shape with connection of the voxels in the manufacturing process. In addition, this technique requires the use of a high light density at the focal point which is generally of micrometric size and which is therefore not optimized for the manufacture of objects of centimeter or even decimetric size, that is to say - say inscribed in a volume typically between approximately 1 and 1000 cm 3 .
    More recently, variable resolution SL2P techniques have been developed. We know from the document “Stereolithography with variable resolutions using optical filter with high contrast-gratings”, Li et al, J. Vac. Sci. TechnoL B, Vol. 33, No. 6, Nov / Dec 2015, a method of three-dimensional printing by stereo-lithography. The variation in resolution is obtained by the use of optical filters modifying the wavelength of the laser beam, thus making it possible to have a variable pixel size of 37 and 417 μm. The disadvantage of this method is that it uses two different wavelengths and therefore allows only two pixel sizes depending on the wavelength of the laser beam and the optical filter. Furthermore, this technique remains only suitable for objects of micrometric size.
    The document “Using variable beam spot scanning to improve the SL process”, Yi et al, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2013, pp. 100-110, describes a variable resolution stereo lithography method. The variation in resolution is obtained by an optical device. This method makes it possible to form three-dimensional objects of centimeter size. However, this method has many drawbacks and requires significant optimization of the device according to the objects to be produced. Although it is possible with this process to change the size of the voxel in two dimensions, this is not possible in the third dimension, perpendicular to the first two dimensions, such as in depth.
    More recently, so-called bio-printing processes have been developed for the production of living tissues, or even organs. These methods are described in particular in the following publications:
    • André J.C., Malaquin L., Guedon E. (2017), “Bio-printing; where are we going ", Engineering techniques - ref. RE2 68 VI, 23 pp. (2017);
    • Chua C.K., Yeong N.Y (2015), “Bio-printing: principles and applications”, e-book World Scientific Ed. - Singapore;
    • Morimoto Y, Takeuchi S. (2013), “3D cell culture based on microfluidic technique to mimic living tissues”, Biomatter. Sci., 1,257-264.
    These bioprinting methods are additive manufacturing methods from living cells associated with supports produced for example in stereo lithography. One of the drawbacks of these methods is that they generate shearing movements when the successive layers are put in place. However, these movements are likely to damage living cells and affect their survival.
    The object of the present invention is to propose a method for producing a three-dimensional object using multi-photonic photo-polymerization, in particular with two photons, making it possible to at least partially overcome the drawbacks of the aforementioned state of the art and which is effective for the production of nanometric or even centimeter or decimetric size objects.
    Another objective of the present invention, different from the preceding objective, is to propose a method for producing an object of complex shape with fluid resins, and in particular to propose a method making it possible to overcome manufacturing artifacts such as holding elements for example.
    Another object of the present invention, different from the previous objectives, is to provide a method for producing a three-dimensional object in which the movement of voxels during the production of this object can be prevented and prevented.
    Another objective of the present invention, different from the preceding objectives, is to propose a method for producing a three-dimensional object in which the shearing movements of the material constituting the object that can occur during the production of this object are warned.
    In order to achieve at least partially at least one of the aforementioned objectives, the present invention relates to a method of producing a three-dimensional object comprising the following operations:
    • introducing a composition into a polymerization tank, • polymerizing by multi-photonic polymerization using a light source, at predetermined locations, the composition for producing the three-dimensional object, the composition comprising at least one monomer, at at least one charge and at least one photoinitiator, the composition having a transmittance per unit of length greater than 75% at the emission wavelengths of the light source and the at least one charge comprising nanoparticles.
    After the production of this three-dimensional object, the latter can be removed from the photopolymerization tank and then washed with a solution allowing the unpolymerized composition to be removed from the three-dimensional object. This washing solution can for example be isopropanol or acetone.
    Thanks to this process, there is a significant gain in efficiency for producing three-dimensional objects of complex shapes, currently inaccessible with fluid resins. Indeed, produced voxels normally need to be supported. By playing on the high viscosity of the composition permitted by the addition of nanoparticles, it is possible to overcome manufacturing artifacts, such as for example the production of elements or appendages for holding or support, which had to be eliminated. once the three-dimensional object is completed in the methods known from the prior art. By choosing high viscosities, the composition behaves substantially like a solid during the production of the three-dimensional object, which makes it possible to prevent possible movements of the voxels.
    In addition, the use of nanoparticles makes it possible to modify the viscosity of the composition while eliminating the problems linked to the dispersion of light.
    The production method according to the present invention may further comprise one or more of the following characteristics taken alone or in combination.
    The composition has a viscosity greater than or equal to 0.30 Pa.s.
    The nanoparticles have an average diameter less than or equal to 100 nm.
    In one aspect, the difference in refractive indices of the nanoparticles and the monomer is less than 0.4.
    The composition can comprise from 10 to 70% by volume of nanoparticles relative to the volume of said composition.
    In one aspect, the fillers include a component soluble in the monomer.
    The nanoparticles can be made of a material chosen from: silica, glass, in particular borosilicate glass or soda-lime glass, an organic material insoluble in a resin constituting the three-dimensional object.
    According to a particular embodiment, the nanoparticles can be functionalized.
    According to one aspect, the monomer is chosen from the following compounds: acrylic resins, L-lactic acid, glycolic acid, capro-lactones, these compounds can be used alone or in combination.
    According to this aspect, the charge can also comprise an additional constituent chosen from: living cells, a hydrogel chosen from collagen, fibrin, alginate, chitin, chitosan, hyaluronic acid, poly (2 -hydroxyethyf) methacrylate, polyvinyl alcohol and polyethylene glycol considered alone or as a mixture.
    According to another aspect, the monomer is an acrylic monomer, in particular a multifunctional acrylic monomer.
    According to this other aspect, the acrylic monomer can be chosen from poly (ethylene glycolj-diacrylates, tri- (ethylene glycolj-dimethacrylates, pentaerythritoltetracrylates, 1,6-hexanediol-diacrylate, or a combination of these compounds).
    According to this other aspect, the photoinitiator (s) are chosen from: aromatic ketones, aromatic derivatives, eosin Y, or other xanthene dyes
    According to a variant, the composition can comprise at least one epoxy monomer.
    According to this variant, the photoinitiator is an onium salt.
    According to a particular embodiment, the multi-photonic polymerization is carried out using a laser beam and the spatial resolution of polymerization is adapted by placing an optical diffuser, in particular between 1 ° and 20 °, in the laser beam, the optical diffuser being configured to modify the depth of field of the laser beam.
    According to another particular embodiment, the three-dimensional object comprises an external surface and an internal volume and places located in the internal volume are polymerized with a lower resolution than places forming the external surface of the three-dimensional object.
    According to this other particular embodiment, different portions of the three-dimensional object are successively polymerized in different tanks each containing a specific composition making it possible to obtain a predetermined voxel size, or even functionalities.
    According to this other embodiment, the internal volume is polymerized in a first tank containing a first composition comprising first fillers in the form of nanoparticles making it possible to obtain a first size of voxel and the external part of the three-dimensional object is polymerized in a second tank containing a second composition comprising second fillers in the form of nanoparticles or no charge making it possible to obtain a second size of voxel, smaller than the first size of voxel.
    The present invention also relates to a device for producing a three-dimensional object by multi-photonic photo-polymerization, in particular with two photons, comprising:
    • a light source emitting a laser beam, • a polymerization tank containing a composition comprising:
    ° at least one monomer, ° at least one filler comprising nanoparticles as defined above, and ° at least one photo-initiator, said composition having a transmittance per unit of length greater than 75% at the emission wavelengths of the light source, • a device for focusing the laser beam and for adapting its digital aperture, • a displacement unit to allow the displacement of the focusing zone of the laser beam inside the tank at the predetermined locations to achieve the three-dimensional object, and • a polymerization resolution adapter comprising at least one optical diffuser mounted mobile on a support to be placed on the optical path or outside the laser beam in order to adapt the polymerization resolution.
    Other characteristics and advantages of the present invention will appear more clearly on reading the following description, given by way of illustration and not limitation, and the appended drawings in which:
    • Figure 1 is a simplified diagram of an assembly of a device for producing a three-dimensional object, • Figure 2 is a detailed diagram of a composition used for the production of a three-dimensional object, • Figure 3 illustrates on a table a non-exhaustive list of monomers which can be used in the composition, • FIG. 4 illustrates on a table a non-exhaustive list of photoinitiators which can be used in the composition, • FIG. 5 illustrates a conventional mechanism of ionic polymerization with priming, propagation and transfer steps, • FIG. 6 is a diagram of multifunctional monomers of crosslinked systems, insoluble in an initial resin, • FIGS. 7A and 7B are photographs respectively representing voxels obtained in the case of a Gaussian beam on the one hand, and voxels obtained by placing a diffuser at the input of a lens to control the depth of field of the Gaussian beam on the other hand, the two FIGS. 7A and 7B being of the same scale, • FIG. 8 is a diagram making it possible to illustrate the process for producing a three-dimensional object according to a particular embodiment, • Figure 9 is a graph representing the measurement of the diameter of the beam as a function of the distance from the objective in the case of the objective alone and in the case of a 1 ° and 10 ° diffuser, • Figure 10 is a schematic representation of a flowchart illustrating a method of producing a three-dimensional object, and FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective representation of an object manufactured by the method of FIG. 10.
    In the various figures, identical elements have the same reference numbers.
    The following embodiments are examples. Although the description refers to one or more embodiments, this does not necessarily mean that each reference relates to the same embodiment or that the characteristics apply only to a single embodiment. Simple features of different embodiments can also be combined and / or interchanged to provide other embodiments.
    In the following description, reference is made to first and second photopolymerization tanks, to first and second compositions, to first and second fillers, to first and second sizes of voxel. It is a simple indexing to differentiate and name similar elements or of the same nature or structure but not identical. This indexing does not imply a priority of one element over another and one can easily interchange such names without departing from the scope of this description. This indexing also does not imply an order in time for example to assess the operation of the production device or the method of production of the three-dimensional object.
    Referring to Figure 1, there is shown a device 1 for producing a three-dimensional object 3 by multi-photon photopolymerization, in particular with two photons.
    This embodiment device 1 comprises a light source 5 emitting a laser beam 7 and a polymerization tank 9, forming a polymerization reactor, containing a composition 11.
    The light source 5 can for example be a laser in particular pulsed and in particular femto / picosecond emitting for example at a wavelength of 1030 nm and coupled, if necessary, with non-linear optical crystals making it possible to double or triple, by a non-linear effect, the frequency of the laser beam 7 in order to obtain a wavelength of 515 nm and / or 343 nm. The light source 5 therefore emits, according to this example, a pulsed light beam. The choice of the light source 5 may depend on the absorption of the composition 11, which may contain colored additives for example. Thus, other types of light sources 5, in particular pulses, can be used.
    The choice of the wavelength of multi-photon photopolymerization, in particular with two photons is determined by the choice of the photoinitiator and of its capacity to initiate the reactive species under the effect of laser irradiation.
    Typically, the output diameter of the laser beam 7 can be about 2.5 mm, the divergence of 0.6 mrad and the linear polarization.
    The energy per pulse typically has a duration of 500 fs and is between 40 pj and 2 mj, and the repetition frequency of the pulses can reach 300 kHz, but can rather be situated around 1 kHz. Another light source 5 can be used provided that the wavelength of its laser beam 7 is suitable and that the instantaneous power of the laser makes it possible to carry out multi-photonic photo-polymerization, in particular with two photons, of composition 11 which is in the polymerization tank 9.
    The production device 1 also has a device 13 for focusing the laser beam 7 and for adapting its digital aperture arranged on the optical path of the laser beam 7. This focusing device 13 can be formed by one or more optical components, in particular an objective for focusing the laser beam 7 inside the composition 11 and adapting the digital aperture of the laser beam 7.
    Optionally, the embodiment device 1 can have a polymerization resolution adapter comprising at least one optical diffuser 14 placed in the optical path of the laser beam 7 in order to be able to control the depth of field of the laser beam 7. For this purpose, the embodiment 1 comprises a rotary support 15 with a through hole 14A for focusing the laser beam 7 without modifying the beam in the composition 11 and housings in which different diffusers 14 are mounted respectively making it possible to adapt the depth of field. It is thus possible, as has been introduced, to vary the size of the voxels. The support 15 with its diffuser (s) 14 and the through hole 14A makes it possible to adjust the dimensions of the voxels and to obtain a variable resolution in the manufacturing process by adjusting the focusing optics and the instantaneous power of the laser beam 7.
    The polymerization tank 9 is for example placed on a displacement unit 16 displaceable along the axes x, y and z (shown in FIG. 1) to allow the displacement of the focusing zone of the laser beam 7 inside the tank 9 and therefore the polymerization of the composition 11 at predetermined locations to produce the three-dimensional object 3. It is therefore understood that, according to this particular embodiment, it is the polymerization tank 9 which is moved in order to allow the focal point to be positioned of the laser 5 at the places to photopolymerize and not the focal point of the laser 5. To do this, the displacement unit 16 is motorized to allow its movement. This displacement unit 16 is connected, like the laser 5, to a control unit 17 which controls both the operation of the laser 5 and the positioning of the displacement unit 16.
    According to a variant not shown here, mobile mirrors are placed on the optical path of the laser beam 7 to direct the laser beam 7 to the locations which will have to be photopolymerized and a laser focusing system and adaptation of its digital aperture, allowing to move the focal point on the propagation axis. In this case, the movable mirrors are connected to a control unit to direct the laser beam 7.
    Referring to Figure 2, there is shown in a simplified and schematic manner the composition 11 for the production of the three-dimensional object 3 by a multi-photon photopolymerization process. Composition 11 comprises at least one monomer 12, at least one filler 20 comprising nanoparticles, and at least one photoinitiator.
    The monomers 12 are transparent at the predetermined wavelength of the pulsed source which is used for the photopolymerization. These monomers 12 have a refractive index n monO mother at the predetermined wavelength of photo-polymerization of the laser.
    5. By a transparent material or medium, it is meant that the laser beam 7 can pass, at least in part (that is to say it can be weakly absorbent), through this medium as opposed to a material or an opaque medium.
    By filler 20 is meant a material or a material in the broad sense which is added to composition 11, but which does not take part in the polymerization reaction. The filler 20 can be considered inert with respect to the polymerization. The charges 20 are transparent or very weakly absorbent nanoparticles at the predetermined wavelength of the pulsed source which is used for the photopolymerization. These charges 20 have a refractive index n C har g es at the predetermined wavelength of photo-polymerization.
    Thus, the composition 11 has a transmittance per unit of length greater than 75% at the emission wavelengths of the laser 5. According to the particular embodiment shown here, the unit of length corresponds to a dimension of the tank. polymerization 9, and more precisely at a height of the polymerization tank 9 arranged along the axis z (as shown in Figure 1). However, according to other variants not shown here, the length unit can for example be a metric unit, such as for example 1 decimeter or 1 meter.
    When a light beam illuminates a dispersion, namely here composition 11, characterized by its refractive index, the light undergoes a diffusion / absorption process which is a function of the wavelength of the incident light and the optical properties of the dispersed and continuous phases. The diffusion / absorption phenomena thus induce an extinction of the incident light in the initial direction of the incident beam. The intensity of the scattered light depends on the direction of scattering relative to the direction of the incident beam, the polarization of the incident light and the characteristics of the scattering medium.
    For a small number of diffusers, most of the incident light passes through the medium without undergoing diffusion. For a strong extinction of the incident beam (multiple scattering regime), the light scattered by a particle, which corresponds to any type of insolubilized particle present in the medium, constitutes a secondary source for neighboring particles. In the case of a particle, the waves scattered by the different regions of the material interfere with each other. The interaction of an incident wave with a spherical, homogeneous, isotropic and non-magnetic particle of diameter d in a non-absorbent medium is described by Maxwell's equations.
    Only the resolution of Maxwell's equations then makes it possible to determine the intensity scattered by the particle in all directions. Mie is the first to have solved the problem for homogeneous dielectric spheres and obtained an analytical solution for a spherical particle of arbitrary size. Mie's theory provides a rigorous solution to Maxwell's equations. At small scattering angles, the scattering intensity is particularly important in the case of large particles. In addition, the angular variation of the scattered light changes non-monotonously for non-absorbent particles and decreases with the scattering angle due to destructive interference in the rear direction. Light absorption phenomena tend to suppress the scattering lobes and the fine structure of the radiation pattern. The angular dependence of the less pronounced diffused light for small particles, thus makes it possible to draw information on the size of the particles.
    The intensity of the diffuse light also depends on the values of the refractive indices of the particles and the surrounding medium as well as on the wavelength of the incident light. Depending on the size of the particles relative to the wavelength of the incident light, however, approximations make it possible to give a satisfactory account of the phenomena of light scattering.
    Rayleigh's theory describes the scattering of light by particles of very small dimensions compared to the wavelength of the incident light (diameter of the particle less than a tenth of the wavelength of the incident beam). In this case, the incident electric field illuminating a particle can be considered as uniform in the diffuser and the intensity of the scattered light is then proportional to the square of the volume of the particle. For non-absorbent particles, the intensity scattered per unit of volume is expressed as follows:
    ί =; ο 1Μ (2Π) 4 (^) (ί)
    Where lo denotes the intensity of the incident light of wavelength λ, θ the scattering angle, m = n per ticuie / nmiiieu the index ratio (choice of index) between the particle and the host medium, here monomer 12, and N the number of non-absorbent particles per unit volume. When the particle size is very large compared to the wavelength of the incident light (particle diameter greater than 10-20A), the scattered intensity is essentially concentrated in the forward direction. We then use the approximations of geometric optics to describe the light scattering.
    The previous expression makes it possible to obtain the effective absorption section (σ) of a set of particles:
    π 5 d 6 / m 2 - 1. nT λ 4 m 2 + 2
    Considering a configuration m = 1.05, d = 10nm, λ = 1030nm, and 1 particle in lOnm 3 , we obtain σ of the order of 10 ' 3 , allowing to neglect the diffusion effects.
    The composition 11 is therefore transparent, at least as a first approximation to the wavelength of the light source 5.11, it is therefore not necessary to modify the charge 20 / monomer 12 couple in order to have a small index difference. The difference between the refractive index n monO mothers of the monomer 12 and the refractive index n C har g es of the charges 20 is less than 0.4, and preferably less than 0.05 (| n my omers - n C har g esl <0.05), and more particularly less than 0.01 (| n m onomers - n C har g esl <0.01), or even the refractive index of the monomers 12 and the refractive index charges 20 are equal (| n m onomers - n C har g esl = 0). By choosing a difference in refraction indices which is low, or even zero, this makes it possible to reduce, or even eliminate any phenomenon of dispersion of the laser beam 7 in the composition 11, in particular at the interfaces between the monomers 12 and the charges 20 at the length d wave emitted by the light source 5 provided that the size of the charges 20 affects the displacement of light in the case of charges 20 of size much greater than the wavelength.
    The refractive index n CO mposition of the composition 11 is the result of all its components Ci (monomers 12 and charges 20) according to their proportions in the composition
    11. Thus, if V R is the density of the composition 11 and V Ri the density of each of the components Ci, and ot, is a rational number between 0 and 1, we have:
    m ν κ = Σ a iV Ri i = î m
    Σ ^ = 1 i = lm
    π (ύ n “composition /. ^ i“ ii = l • nij being the refractive index of the component Ci, and • i, j, m being whole numbers, m corresponding to the number of components Ci constituting the composition 11 .
    In this case, it is understood that by adjusting the proportions of the components Ci, it is also possible to adjust the refractive index n CO mposition of the composition 11 (and also to adjust the refractive index of the monomer (s) 12 of a side with respect to the refractive index of the charge 20 on the other side) if at least one refractive index ny of the component Q (i ^ j) is for example greater than the second refractive index n 2 .
    The viscosity of the composition 11 can be adjusted by the choice of the volumetric percentage of filler 20, and in particular of nanoparticles; at a value greater than 0.30 Pa.s and preferably between 0.30 and 5.00 Pa.s (Pascal.second), in order to obtain a stable or fixed composition, that is to say in which the object being manufactured but also the load 20 does not move. The viscosity of the composition 11 is adjusted in particular as a function of the manufacturing time of the three-dimensional object 3 or also as a function of the size, and in particular of the radius or of the equivalent radius when the three-dimensional object 3 is not spherical, of the three-dimensional object 3 to be manufactured so that the displacement of this three-dimensional object 3 during its manufacture by photopolymerization is negligible. On the other hand, the use of a slightly heated composition 11 makes it possible to reduce its viscosity and to fill the tank, avoiding the possible presence of air bubbles. This principle can be applicable to the separation of the three-dimensional object 3 once manufactured from composition 11. By playing on the high viscosity of composition 11, it is possible to dispense with manufacturing artifacts such as for example holding elements. or supports. Indeed, in hydrodynamics, the Reynolds Re number translates the relative importance of the viscosity and inertia effects according to the following relationship:
    Re = pVD / μ
    Where p is the density of the fluid, μ the viscosity, V and D are a speed and a length characteristic of the flow considered. Flows with low Reynolds numbers are characterized by the predominance of effects due to viscosity over those due to inertia. Thus, by choosing high viscosities, the composition behaves practically like a solid, which avoids the movement of voxels.
    The filler 20 in the form of nanoparticles, for example formed from insoluble nanoparticles or comprising a component soluble in the monomer 12, such as for example soluble macromolecules such as for example linear acrylic polymers dissolved in an acrylic resin, in composition 11. The average size nanoparticles is much less than the excitation wavelength of the laser beam 7.
    "Solubility" is the ability of a substance, called solute, to dissolve in another substance, called a solvent, to form a homogeneous mixture, called a solution.
    According to a particular embodiment, when the filler 20 comprises insoluble nanoparticles, the volumetric percentage of filler 20 in the composition 11 is between 10% and 70% by volume relative to the volume of said composition 11, in particular between 30% and 60% and more particularly between 40% and 50%. More precisely 100% represents the total volume of composition 11 and this volume is separated into different volume proportions for each of the constituents of this composition
    11.
    On the other hand, nanoparticles have an average diameter less than or equal to 100 nm, in particular between 7 nm and 70 nm and more specifically 10 nm. The maximum size of the nanoparticles is chosen according to the diffraction limit of the incident wavelength coming from the laser beam 7, that is to say about one tenth of the incident wavelength coming from the light source 5.
    The nanoparticles are for example made of a material chosen from: silica, such as for example fused silica, glass, in particular borosilicate glass or soda-lime glass, an organic material insoluble in a resin constituting the three-dimensional object 3, such as, for example, acrylic or epoxy nanoparticles. Alternatively or additionally, the nanoparticles can be functionalized in order to modify their chemical affinity with the monomers 12 or else to give them specific properties.
    According to a particular embodiment, the nanoparticles are mono-dispersed, that is to say that they all have the same diameter. Alternatively, these nanoparticles can be of variable sizes, but they respect the diffraction constraint defined above.
    The use of mono-dispersed nanoparticles makes it possible to define in certain configurations the size of the voxels. Indeed, when the diameter of the nanoparticles is greater than the focal volume of the laser beam 7, the size of the voxel is no longer determined by the focal volume of the laser beam 7 but by the diameter of the nanoparticles. In particular, the shape of the voxels can thus be perfectly spherical, although the focal volume of the laser beam 7 is not, the laser beams 7 serving only to agglomerate the nanoparticles at the focal point, thanks to the photopolymer created, which then define the size of the voxels.
    According to another embodiment, composition 11 is a frozen composition, for example a composition comprising as monomers high molecular weight oligomers making it possible to obtain a solid or quasi-solid composition at room temperature, so that one can carry out a photo-polymerization of an object without having to carry out supporting or retaining appendages. Before and / or after phototransformation, the composition 11 can be heated above the melting temperature of the resin in order to introduce the resin into the photopolymerization tank 9 in a liquid (or viscous) form and / or in order to separate the object from composition 11 which gave birth to it. This has the advantage of significantly reducing the time taken to produce the three-dimensional object 3 as well as making highly complex parts which it would be difficult or even impossible to manufacture by other methods requiring the installation of appendages. of support.
    In the case of a liquid composition, the monomers 12 present in composition 11 are monomers 12 commonly used in three-dimensional printing by mono- or multi-photon photopolymerization. These monomers 12 are for example acrylic monomers, more specifically acrylates. On the other hand, these acrylic monomers can be multifunctional. A non-exhaustive list of monomers 12 which can be used in composition 11 is provided with reference to FIG. 3.
    It is noted that the viscosity of composition 11 (greater than or equal to 0.05 Pa.s = 0.5 dots = 50 cP) has the effect that the filler 20, in particular in the form of nanoparticles, is almost frozen in the composition 11, that is to say their displacement is low or almost zero during a time corresponding to a duration of production of a three-dimensional object 3.
    Preferably, the acrylic monomer is chosen from poly- (ethylene glycolj-diacrylates, tri- (ethylene glycolj-dimethacrylates, pentaerythritoltetracrylates, 1,6-hexanediol-diacrylate, or a combination of these compounds).
    The radical photo-initiators or photo-initiators contained in composition 11 must make it possible to initiate the polymerization at the predetermined wavelength of photo-polymerization. There are a large number of photoinitiators adapted according to the operating conditions and the choice of which can be easily determined by a person skilled in the art. The following photoinitiators are given by way of non-limiting example. These are typically aromatic ketones, such as, for example, 2,2-dimethoxy-1,2phenylacetophenone (DMPA), sold under the name Irgacure 651®, aromatic derivatives, eosin Y for photo-polymerizations in the visible range, or thermal initiators such as benzoyl peroxide for photo-polymerizations in the infrared range, or other xanthene dyes. Photoinitiators which are particularly suitable for the process according to the present invention are represented with reference to FIG. 4 and marketed under the trade names Darocure 1173® and 116®, Quantacure PDO®, Irgacure 184®, 651®, and 907®, and Trigonal 14® .
    Preferably, the radical photochemical initiator is DMPA marketed under the name Irgacure 651®.
    According to another embodiment, the method of the invention uses an ionic, for example cationic, photo-polymerization mechanism. In which case, the monomers 12 present in composition 11 are, for example, epoxy monomers and the photoinitiator is an onium salt, such as for example Rhodorsil 2074®. The following reference: Vairon J-P & al, "Industrial Cationic Polymerization: An Overview in Cationic Polymerizations", Matyjaszewszki, K., Ed., Marcel Dekker: New York, NY, USA, 1996, pp. 683-750 indicates a list of different photochemical initiators which can be used in the process which is the subject of the invention.
    FIG. 5 illustrates a conventional mechanism of ionic polymerization with the following stages: priming (A), propagation (B) and (C), transfer (D).
    With multifunctional monomers, crosslinked systems, insoluble in the initial resin, can be formed as shown in the diagram in Figure 6.
    Apart from the compounds of the epoxy family, it is possible to use a large number of monomers described in summary in the following reference: Oskar Nuyken & Stephen D. Pask, "Ring-Opening Polymerization - An Introductory Review", Polymers , 2013, 5, pp. 361-403, doi: 10.3390 / polym5020361.
    As indicated above, a focusing optic 13 and a diffuser 14 making it possible to control and / or modify the depth of field of the laser beam 7 are arranged on the optical path of the laser beam 7.
    FIG. 7A shows several photo-polymerized voxels vox-A, vox-B, vox-C, vox-D and vox-E without diffuser 14 with different powers of laser beam 7.
    FIG. 7B shows several photo-polymerized voxels vox-A ', vox-B', vox-C, vox-D 'and vox-E' with a diffuser 14 on the optical path of the laser beam 7 and at beam powers 7 different laser.
    The use of a suitable 14 ° and 20 ° diffuser 14 (a 1 ° diffuser means an opening of the laser beam 7 at the outlet of the diffuser 14 by 1 °) makes it possible to vary the size of the photopolymerized voxels. However, obviously, the power of the light source 5 must be adapted so that the power density is identical or as close as possible to that defined for the smaller voxels (substantially varying between the square and the cube of the voxel size).
    Due to the high viscosity of composition 11 (for example greater than 1.00 Pa.s for 40% by volume of nanoparticles in relative to the volume of the composition
    11), the method according to the invention makes it possible to design the production of three-dimensional objects 3 of at least centimeter size without resorting to support or retaining appendages for complex objects.
    The method according to the invention also makes it possible to reduce the time necessary for the production of the three-dimensional object 3 by multi-photon photopolymerization, in particular with two photons.
    Indeed, it is possible to distinguish the three-dimensional object 3 on an external surface and an internal volume. The optimization then consists in polymerizing places located in the internal volume (massive part) with a low resolution, determined as a function of the object to be printed, and in polymerizing the zones forming the external surface of the three-dimensional object 3 with a high resolution to obtain a good quality surface finish for the external surface (s) of the three-dimensional object 3.
    This is shown schematically in FIG. 8. For simplification of presentation, it is assumed that the voxels are cubes and that there is, for example, at least a first resolution enabling voxels of size Δζ and a second, finer resolution, making it possible to produce Δζζ voxels of smaller size, for example 10 * Δζζ = Δζ.
    It is easily understood that if the voxels inside the three-dimensional object are produced with the resolution Δζ and the voxels forming the external surface of the three-dimensional object 3 with the resolution Δζζ, the manufacturing time of the can be reduced three-dimensional object 3 significantly.
    According to a particular embodiment, the manufacture of the three-dimensional object 3 can be carried out successively. The internal volume is polymerized from a first composition 11 comprising first fillers 20 in the form of nanoparticles making it possible to obtain a first size of voxel, high compared to the three-dimensional object 3 to be manufactured. The internal part of the object is then removed from the first tank 9 comprising the first composition 11. This internal part is then immersed in a second tank 9 comprising a second composition 11 comprising nanoparticles finer than the first composition 11, or even not containing no charge 20, for the polymerization of the external surface of the three-dimensional object 3. These first and second successive compositions 11 make it possible to reduce the size of the first and second voxels as a function of the finish of the three-dimensional object 3 to be formed. The method thus makes it possible to polymerize in places located in the internal volume with a lower resolution than the places forming the external surface of the three-dimensional object 3.
    This process can be generalized and provision can be made for making different portions of the three-dimensional object 3 successively by polymerization in different tanks 9 each containing a specific composition 11 making it possible to obtain a predetermined voxel size.
    This process thus allows three-dimensional objects 3 to be produced easily and quickly, the shape of which may be more complex than that accessible with conventional stereo-lithography methods. It is thus possible to envisage the manufacture of complex objects having centimetric dimensions, or even of ten centimeters, in a reasonable manufacturing time and without the use of retaining elements present in the structure of the three-dimensional object 3.
    This method therefore has a decisive advantage relative to photon sterelithography, since the layer thickness cannot, in general, be easily changed during the polymerization of a resin layer. If it is possible to modify the size of the light spot, only two space parameters (voxel) can be modified, while according to the process described here, it is possible to adjust the size of the voxels according to three parameters: the diameter of the voxel, the depth and the power of the light source for producing an object according to a setpoint taking into account the surface condition of the part of the three-dimensional object 3 produced.
    According to a particular embodiment, the method can be a bioprinting method. In this case, the composition 11 comprises monomers 12, advantageously biocompatible, at least one filler 20 comprising nanoparticles and at least one biological material corresponding to an additional living constituent of the filler 20.
    By way of nonlimiting example, the monomers 12 can be chosen from the following compounds: acrylics, L-lactic acid, glycolic acid, capro-lactones, these compounds can be used alone or in combination. The charge 20 comprises the nanoparticles making it possible to modify the viscosity of the composition 11 and in addition at least one biological material corresponding to the additional constituent of the charge 20, such as for example living cells. According to this particular embodiment, the charges 20 are therefore composed of nanoparticles associated with living cells, these nanoparticles possibly being in a mixture of collagen and living cells for example.
    A hydrogel is required to maintain the viability of the cells during printing. By way of nonlimiting example, the hydrogel can be chosen from collagen, fibrin, alginate, chitin, chitosan, hyaluronic acid, poly- (2-hydroxyethyl) methacrylate (PHEMA), polyvinyl alcohol (TVA) and polyethylene glycol (TEG) considered alone or as a mixture.
    With reference to FIG. 10, there is shown schematically a method for producing the three-dimensional object 3.
    This process implements an operation for introducing El of the composition 11 into the polymerization tank 9, the composition 11 comprising at least one monomer 12, at least one filler 20 in the form of nanoparticles and at least one photo-initiator. When composition 11 has a high viscosity, this composition 11 can be slightly heated in order to allow a reduction in its viscosity in order to facilitate this operation of introduction El. Furthermore, in such a situation, the appearance of air bubbles in the polymerization tank 9 can be prevented by this slight heating of the composition 11.
    The method then implements a polymerization operation E2 by multi-photon polymerization using the light source 5 at predetermined locations. During this polymerization operation E2, the polymerization tank 9 is moved along the axes x, y, z (represented in FIG. 1) so as to allow the displacement of the focusing zone of the laser beam 7 allowing the polymerization of composition 11.
    Optionally, the method then implements a step E3 of removing the printed three-dimensional object 3 from the polymerization tank 9. In the presence of charges 20 in the form of nanoparticles, this removal operation E3 can be carried out in a conventional manner. by removal with pliers, or with a sieve for example.
    Then, and also optionally, the method can implement an E4 removal operation of the supernumerary nanoparticles. These supernumerary nanoparticles form, with the non-polymerized monomer 12, a film on the three-dimensional object 3 obtained. This film can be removed by wiping, by soaking in a bath or even by rinsing with a solvent which dissolves the nonpolymerized monomer 12, which allows the removal of nanoparticles present on the surface. This E4 removal operation can be performed at the end of mass resin printing. In certain cases, the fluidization of the composition 11, and in particular of at least one monomer 12, non-polymerized can be done by adding liquid monomer 12, which allows recycling of the unprocessed materials or using of a conventional solvent for monomer 12.
    In particular, even if the nanoparticles of the charge 20 are in mutual contact (maximum charge density), or even in compact stack, the monomer 12 in liquid form is inserted into the free spaces and, by polymerizing, binds the nanoparticles around the points where the laser beam 7 is focused. The nanoparticles on the periphery, not or insufficiently bonded by polymerization are then removed during the E4 removal operation. According to the particular embodiment of FIG. 10, this E4 elimination operation is carried out by rinsing with a solvent, in particular chosen from ketone or alcoholic compounds, in particular acetone or isopropanol.
    With reference to FIG. 11, it is represented schematically of the three-dimensional object 3 obtained according to this process. According to this representation, the three-dimensional object 3 is of substantially elliptical shape. However, according to other embodiments, and in particular according to other types of movement of the polymerization tank 9, other shapes, including shapes of higher complexity, can be obtained.
    According to a particular embodiment not shown here, the polymerization tank 9 may have a support, such as for example a bracket, on which the three-dimensional object 3 is produced by multi-photonic photo-polymerization. The use of such a support makes it possible to guarantee the stability of the three-dimensional object 3 during its manufacture. Indeed, when the manufacturing times of the three-dimensional object 3 are long, for example greater than 15 seconds, the latter can be caused to move towards the bottom of the polymerization tank 9 according to Stokes law. Such displacement of the object during its manufacture could adversely affect the manufacturing precision of this three-dimensional object 3. This displacement can therefore be prevented using the support present in the polymerization tank 9 on which the three-dimensional object 3 is achieved.
    Specific examples of compositions 11 are developed below as well as a process for preparing the nanoparticles serving as filler 20.
    Nanoparticle preparation:
    The nanoparticles are prepared according to a two-step method which consists in obtaining the nanoparticles in powder form then in dispersing them in the monomer
    12. This method is described in particular in the following documents:
    • Kulkarni et al “Application of nano-fluids in heating buildings and reducing pollution”, Applied Energy, 2009, 86, pp. 2566-2573;
    • Longo and Zilio, “Experimental measurement of therms-physical properties of oxidewater nano-fluids down to ice-point”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2011, 35, pp. 1313-1324;
    • Ho et al, “An experimental investigation of forced convecting cooling performance of microchanel heat sink with A12O3 / water nano-fluids”, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2010, 30, pp. 96-103; and • Zhang et al, “Effective thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of nano-fluids containing spherical and cylindrical nanoparticles”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2007, 31, pp. 593-599.
    In order to ensure the proper distribution of the nanoparticles in composition 11, this composition is stirred for approximately 1 hour by mechanical stirring and / or by ultrasonic stirring of approximately 25 kHz over possibly longer periods. These agitation times can become higher when the charge rate increases, which can correspond to a particularly localized "gelation" of the medium.
    As indicated above, the use of nanoparticles allows a suitable increase in the viscosity of the composition 11 without the light scattering effects of the laser beam 7 needing to be taken into account.
    Choice of monomers 12:
    The following monomers are particularly suitable for the process described above:
    Reference Provider Composition Indexmeasured refraction (at515 nm) Viscosity PEGDA575 Servilab (Sigma) Poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate 1,468 0.05 Pa.s TEGDA Servilab (Sigma) Tri (ethylene glycol) diacrylate 95% 1.4585 0.02 Pa.s PETA Servilab (Sigma) Pentaerythritol tetraacrylate 1,484 0.60 Pa.s HDDA Servilab (Sigma) 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate 1,456 0.02 Pa.s Norland 65 Thorlab (Norland)1,499 1.20 Pa.s Norland 81 Thorlab (Norland)1,523 0.30 Pa.s
    The refractive indices were measured by an Abbe refractometer (Kern Optics ORT 1RS Refractometer) calibrated using a calibration oil.
    Furthermore, the Norland 65 and 81 monomers 12 incorporate a photo-initiator and have been used without adding any additional photo-initiator or photo-initiator.
    Composition example 11:
    Nature Type Provider monomer 2-methylmethacrylate Sigma Aldrich ignitor Irgacure 651 Ciba Charge Silica nanoparticles (silica fumed powder 0.007pm, approximately 40% of the total mass of the composition) Sigma Aldrich
    This composition 11 was polymerized by two-photon polymerization using a 5 Yb: KGW laser doubled in frequency at 515 nm with pulse durations of 500 fs to obtain an object to obtain an object of substantially cylindrical shape.
    On the other hand, the composition 11 has a satisfactory viscosity to avoid displacement of the object to be printed during its production and has a small variation in the refractive index of its different components. Composition 11 is also transparent at the predetermined wavelength of photo-polymerization.
    Another example, obtaining variable voxels:
    An experiment was carried out to determine the effects of diffusers 14 placed at the input of the objective and making it possible to present a wide range of spatial frequencies. Indeed, if the initial laser beam 7 is characterized as a plane wave propagating in a certain direction, the diffuser separates this wave into multiple waves propagating randomly in a characteristic angle of the diffuser 14 (related to roughness or " spatial frequency ”).
    The embodiment device 1 comprises a light source 5 such as a He / Ne laser with a wavelength of 543 nm, a long working distance objective and a set of different diffusers 14 mounted on a filter wheel.
    tl
    The measurement of the caustic of the laser beam 7 is shown in FIG. 9. These measurements make it possible to determine the influence of the diffusers 14 on the diameter of the laser beam 7.
    In this FIG. 9 three curves 101, 103 and 105 are shown. Curve 101 shows the diameter of the laser beam 7 in pm as a function of the position in z in mm without a diffuser, curve 103 with a diffuser 14 of 1 °, and curve 105 with a 10 ° diffuser 14.
    It is observed that this method makes it possible to control the depth of field of the Gaussian beam without reducing the diameter of the laser beam 7 at the focal point and thus to control the dimensions of the voxel.
    In the present case, the diameter of the laser beam 7 can reach 100 μm in diameter and a depth of field defined by an increase in diameter of 2.5 , by approximately 300 μm, ie a diameter / depth ratio of the order of 0.3 (Figure 3).
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    claims
    1. Method for producing a three-dimensional object (3) comprising the following operations:
    • introducing (El) a composition (11) into a polymerization tank (9), • polymerizing (E2) by multi-photonic polymerization using a light source (5), at predetermined locations, the composition ( 11) to produce the three-dimensional object (3), the composition (11) comprising at least one monomer (12), at least one filler (20) and at least one photo-initiator, characterized in that the composition (11) has a transmittance per unit of length greater than 75% at the emission wavelengths of the light source (5) and in that the at least one charge (20) comprises nanoparticles.
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    2. Method for producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the composition (11) has a viscosity greater than or equal to 0.30 Pa.s.
    [3" id="c-fr-0003]
    3. Method for producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the nanoparticles have an average diameter less than or equal to 100 nm.
    [4" id="c-fr-0004]
    4. Method for producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the difference in refractive indices of the nanoparticles and of the monomer (12) is less than 0.4.
    [5" id="c-fr-0005]
    5. Method for producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the composition (11) comprises from 10 to 70% by volume of nanoparticles relative to the volume of said composition (11 ).
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    6. Method for producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fillers (20) comprise a component soluble in the monomer (12).
    [7" id="c-fr-0007]
    7. Method for producing a three-dimensional object [3] according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the nanoparticles are made of a material chosen from: silica, glass, in particular borosilicate glass or soda glass -calcique, an organic material insoluble in a resin constituting the three-dimensional object (3).
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    8. Method for producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the monomer (12) is chosen from the following compounds: acrylic monomers, L-lactic acid, l glycolic acid, capro-lactones, these compounds can be used alone or in combination.
    [9" id="c-fr-0009]
    9. A method of producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to claim 8, characterized in that the filler (20) may also comprise an additional constituent chosen from: living cells, a hydrogel chosen from collagen, fibrin , alginate, chitin, chitosan, hyaluronic acid, poly- (2-hydroxyethyl) methacrylate, polyvinyl alcohol and polyethylene glycol considered alone or as a mixture.
    [10" id="c-fr-0010]
    10. A method of producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the monomer (12) is an acrylic monomer.
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    11. Method for producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to claim 10, characterized in that the acrylic monomer is chosen from poly- (ethylene glycol) diacrylates, tri- (ethylene glycol) -dimethacrylates, pentaerythritol- tetracrylates, 1,6-hexanediol-diacrylate, or a combination of these compounds.
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    12. Method for producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to any one of claims 10 or 11, characterized in that the photo-initiator (s) are chosen from: aromatic ketones, aromatic derivatives, eosin Y , or other xanthene dyes
    [13" id="c-fr-0013]
    13. A method of producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to any one of claims 1 to 7 and 10 to 12, characterized in that the composition (11) comprises at least one epoxy monomer.
    [14" id="c-fr-0014]
    14. A method of producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to claim 13, characterized in that the photoinitiator is an onium salt.
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    15. Method for producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the multi-photonic polymerization is carried out using a laser beam (7), characterized in that the spatial resolution polymerization is adapted by placing an optical diffuser (14), in particular between 1 ° and 20 °, in the laser beam (7).
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    16. Method for producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the three-dimensional object (3) comprises an external surface and an internal volume, characterized in that places located in the internal volume are polymerized with a lower resolution than places forming the external surface of the three-dimensional object (3).
    [17" id="c-fr-0017]
    17. A method of producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to claim 16, characterized in that different portions of the three-dimensional object (3) are successively polymerized in different tanks (9) each containing a specific composition making it possible to obtain a predetermined voxel size, or even functionality.
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    18. A method of producing a three-dimensional object (3) according to any one of claims 16 or 17, characterized in that the internal volume is polymerized in a first tank (9) containing a first composition (11) comprising first fillers (20) in the form of nanoparticles making it possible to obtain a first size of voxel and the external part of the three-dimensional object (3) is polymerized in a second tank (9) containing a second composition (11) comprising second fillers ( 20) in the form of nanoparticles or no charge making it possible to obtain a second size of voxel, smaller than the first size of voxel.
    [19" id="c-fr-0019]
    19. Device for producing (1) a three-dimensional object (3) by multi-photonic photo-polymerization, in particular with two photons, characterized in that it comprises:
    • a light source (5) emitting a laser beam (7), • a polymerization tank (9) containing a composition (11) comprising:
    0 at least one monomer (12), ° at least one filler (20) comprising nanoparticles according to any one of claims 3 to 7, and ° at least one photo-initiator, said composition (11) having a transmittance per unit longer than 75% of the emission wavelengths of the light source (5), • a device (13) for focusing the laser beam (7) and for adapting its digital aperture, • a displacement unit (16) to allow the movement of the laser beam focusing area (7) inside the tank (9) at predetermined locations to make the three-dimensional object (3), and • a polymerization resolution adapter comprising at least one optical diffuser (14) movably mounted on a support (15) to be placed on the optical path or outside the laser beam (7) in order to adapt the polymerization resolution.
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    FR1852698A|FR3079517B1|2018-03-28|2018-03-28|PROCESS FOR THE REALIZATION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT BY A MULTI-PHOTONIC PHOTO-POLYMERIZATION PROCESS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE|FR1852698A| FR3079517B1|2018-03-28|2018-03-28|PROCESS FOR THE REALIZATION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT BY A MULTI-PHOTONIC PHOTO-POLYMERIZATION PROCESS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE|
    EP19720696.4A| EP3774933A1|2018-03-28|2019-03-27|Method for producing a three-dimensional object by a multiphoton photopolymerisation process, and associated device|
    PCT/FR2019/050710| WO2019186070A1|2018-03-28|2019-03-27|Method for producing a three-dimensional object by a multiphoton photopolymerisation process, and associated device|
    US17/041,610| US20210087301A1|2018-03-28|2019-03-27|Method for producing a three-dimensional object by a multiphoton photopolymerisation process, and associated device|
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