A photocurable composition for three-dimensional modeling capable of high-speed modeling, a three-dimensional modeled object using the composition, and a method for producing the three-dimensional modeled object is provided. A photocurable composition for three-dimensional modeling, comprising a polymerizable organic compound component is provided. The photocurable composition has a steady flow viscosity of 30,000 mPa s or less measured with a rotary rheometer at 25° C. and a shear rate of 0.01 per second. When the photocurable composition for three-dimensional modeling is irradiated with a light having a light intensity of 1.3 mW/cm2, G′ becomes 1×10.sup.6 Pa or more after a start of photopolymerization in an integrated light irradiation time of 4 seconds or less. After the start of photopolymerization, a maximum value of tan δ on and after a gel point is 0.5 or more. The gel point is the point where G′=G″ is satisfied for the first time after the start of photopolymerization. G′ is a storage shear modulus, G′ is loss shear modulus, and tan δ is a loss tangent, each of which is calculated based on measurement data for 30 seconds per one measurement, measured with a rotary rheometer having a pair of parallel plate with a diameter of 10 mm and a measurement gap of 0.1 mm at a strain of 0.5% or less, a frequency of 0.1 Hz, and 25° C.

Compounds and compositions are provided which are useful in additive printing, particularly additive printing techniques such as stereolithography (SLA) wherein a macromer is photopolymerized to form a manufactured article. Representative compounds comprise a polyaxial central core (CC) and 2-4 arms of the formula (A)-(B) or (B)-(A) extending from the central core, where at least one of the arms comprise a light-reactive functional group (Q) and (A) is the free-radical polymerization product from monomers selected from trimethylene carbonate (T) and ε-caprolactone (C), while (B) is the free-radical polymerization product from monomers selected from glycolide, lactide and ρ-dioxanone.

Provided is a method for manufacturing photoabsorbing contact lenses and photoabsorbing contact lenses produced thereby. The method comprises: (a) providing a mold assembly comprised of a base curve and a front curve, the base curve and the front curve defining and enclosing a cavity therebetween, the cavity containing a reactive mixture, wherein the reactive mixture comprises at least one polymerizable monomer, a photoinitiator which absorbs at an activating wavelength, and a photoabsorbing compound which displays absorption at the activating wavelength; and (b) curing the reactive mixture to form the photoabsorbing contact lens by exposing the reactive mixture to radiation that includes the activating wavelength, wherein the radiation is directed at both the base curve and the front curve of the mold assembly, and wherein the radiation's radiant energy at the base curve is greater than the radiation's radiant energy at the front curve.

There are described compositions of photopolymerizable resins containing functional (meth)acrylic groups and one or more radical polymerization photoinitiators, stereolithographic methods of producing articles using these resins and articles thus obtained.

The present invention discloses a dyeable 1.74 resin lens and a preparation method thereof. The resin lens includes a module layer with a refractive index being 1.74, a dyeable layer with a refractive index being 1.60 is poured on an upper surface of the module layer, an upward curved degree of the dyeable layer is the same as an upward curved degree of the module layer, and a center thickness of the dyeable layer is 0.5-1.2 mm. According to the dyeable 1.74 resin lens of the present invention, a layer of dyeable 1.60plus resin lens is attached to a surface of a 1.74 lens, dyeing performance is good, a visible light transmittance can reach 10-30%, and the blank that the 1.74 lens cannot be dyed is filled.

A method of fabricating a polishing layer of a polishing pad includes successively depositing a plurality of layers with a 3D printer, each layer of the plurality of polishing layers deposited by ejecting a pad material precursor from a nozzle and solidifying the pad material precursor to form a solidified pad material.

A method of printing a cellular solid by direct bubble writing comprises introducing an ink formulation comprising a polymerizable monomer and a gas into a nozzle, which includes a core flow channel radially surrounded by an outer flow channel. The ink formulation is directed into the outer flow channel and the gas is directed into the core flow channel. The ink formulation and the gas are ejected out of the nozzle as a stream of bubbles, where each bubble includes a core comprising the gas and a liquid shell overlying the core that comprises the ink formulation. After ejection, the polymerizable monomer is polymerized to form a solid polymeric shell from the liquid shell, and the bubbles are deposited on a substrate moving relative to the nozzle. Thus, a polymeric cellular solid having a predetermined geometry is printed.

Compounds and compositions are provided which are useful in additive printing, particularly additive printing techniques such as stereolithography (SLA) wherein a macromer is photopolymerized to form a manufactured article. Representative compounds comprise a polyaxial central core (CC) and 2-4 arms of the formula (A)-(B) or (B)-(A) extending from the central core, where at least one of the arms comprise a light-reactive functional group (Q) and (A) is the free-radical polymerization product from monomers selected from trimethylene carbonate (T) and ε-caprolactone (C), while (B) is the free-radical polymerization product from monomers selected from glycolide, lactide and ρ-dioxanone.

Provided is a method of forming a three-dimensional object, which may include the steps of: (a) providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; (b) filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid that comprises a reactive blocked monomer and/or prepolymer comprising a self-polymerizing monomer and/or prepolymer blocked with a light-polymerizable blocking group; (c) irradiating the build region with light through said optically transparent member to form a solid polymer scaffold from the reactive blocked monomer and/or prepolymer and also advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form a three-dimensional intermediate; and then (d) heating and/or microwave irradiating, the three-dimensional intermediate sufficiently to degrade the scaffold and regenerate the monomer and/or prepolymer in de-blocked form, which monomer and/or prepolymer in turn self-polymerize, to form said three-dimensional object.

Systems and methods for lens creations are disclosed. The method includes initiating light transmission from a light source through a diffuser into a container holding resin and a substrate. The light transmission is performed according to an irradiation pattern wherein each point in the resin is illuminated by at least 10% of the diffuser. This causes a lens to be formed. To achieve this illumination, at least 15% of the diffuser receives light from the light source. Further, a diameter of the diffuser is greater than or equal to a diameter of the substrate. The system performing the methods includes a polymerization apparatus and may include a resin conditioning and reservoir apparatus, a metrology unit, a resin drainage apparatus and an optional postcuring apparatus.