This feature issue aims at highlighting the two-way connection between optics and photonics and 3D printing. One direction concerns novel photoresist materials and technical advances in optics-based 3D additive manufacturing. The other direction uses such advanced optical 3D printing technologies for the realization of novel micro-optical components, micro-optical systems, 3D artificial materials called metamaterials, micro-robots, and more. All of these would be difficult if not impossible to manufacture otherwise.

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光赋能3D打印，操纵光：功能问题介绍

本期专题旨在突出光学与光子学和 3D 打印之间的双向联系。一个方向涉及新型光刻胶材料和基于光学的 3D 增材制造技术进步。另一个方向使用这种先进的光学 3D 打印技术来实现新型微光学元件、微光学系统、称为超材料的 3D 人造材料、微型机器人等。如果不是不可能，否则所有这些都将很难制造。