Custom 3D Printable Silicones with Tunable Stiffness.

Autor: Durban MM; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA., Lenhardt JM; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA., Wu AS; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA., Small W 4th; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA., Bryson TM; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA., Perez-Perez L; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA., Nguyen DT; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA., Gammon S; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA., Smay JE; School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA., Duoss EB; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA., Lewicki JP; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA., Wilson TS; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Macromolecular rapid communications [Macromol Rapid Commun] 2018 Feb; Vol. 39 (4). Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 06.
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201700563
Abstrakt: Silicone elastomers have broad versatility within a variety of potential advanced materials applications, such as soft robotics, biomedical devices, and metamaterials. A series of custom 3D printable silicone inks with tunable stiffness is developed, formulated, and characterized. The silicone inks exhibit excellent rheological behavior for 3D printing, as observed from the printing of porous structures with controlled architectures. Herein, the capability to tune the stiffness of printable silicone materials via careful control over the chemistry, network formation, and crosslink density of the ink formulations in order to overcome the challenging interplay between ink development, post-processing, material properties, and performance is demonstrated.
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Databáze: MEDLINE