
High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00137-4
Vat polymerization techniques for biotechnology and medicine
Tatiana F. Patrício, Rúben F. Pereira, Adelino Cerva & Paulo J. Bártolo
Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development (CDRsp), Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
ABSTRACT: Vat polymerization or stereolithographic processes represent a group of additive biomanufactur-
ing techniques that use a focused light source to selectively induce the curing reaction of a photosensitive liquid
material, forming a solid and highly cross-linked 3D structure. These processes have