Credit: Photo by Jason Laurea
LLNL physicist Du Nguyen inspects a tiny flower vase printed using Tailored Glass by Direct Ink Writing technology, where the flow rate of two different glass-forming inks is adjusted to control the material composition emerging from the nozzle during the build. The vase is later converted to fully dense glass through a series of heat treatments. A team of Lab researchers, led by Rebecca Dylla-Spears and including Nguyen, won an R&D 100 award for their work.