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  bibo_abstract:
  - Additive manufacturing of optical, electrical, and mechanical components is a
    beneficial approach for the rapid prototyping of components and error elimination,
    with short turnaround times. However, additively manufactured components usually
    have rough surfaces that need post-processing, particularly for optical components,
    where the surface roughness must be a small fraction of the wavelength. We demonstrate
    an innovative and economical approach by dip-coating with the same resin used
    for printing in a simple post-processing step, providing high transparency to
    the 3D-printed optical components and reducing surface roughness while achieving
    perfect index matching of the coating layer. The surface roughness of the 3D-printed
    optical components drops to 5 nm (arithmetic average) after the dip-coating process.
    We observed significant performance enhancements after comparing the unprocessed
    optical components and the dip-coated optical components, including optical transparency
    and a shiny surface finish for previously rough surfaces.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Abhijeet Narendra
      foaf_name: Shrotri, Abhijeet Narendra
      foaf_surname: Shrotri
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=74090
    orcid: 0000-0003-2116-156X
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Sascha
      foaf_name: Preu, Sascha
      foaf_surname: Preu
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Oliver
      foaf_name: Stübbe, Oliver
      foaf_surname: Stübbe
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=51864
    orcid: 0000-0001-7293-6893
  bibo_doi: 10.3390/coatings15020210
  bibo_issue: '2'
  bibo_volume: 15
  dct_date: 2025^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/2079-6412
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: MDPI AG@
  dct_subject:
  - additive manufacturing
  - post-processing
  - optics
  - dip-coating
  dct_title: Achieving Transparency and Minimizing Losses of Rough Additively Manufactured
    Optical Components by a Dip-Coating Surface Finish@
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