Hostname: page-component-7b7567c8c-tnzcf Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-13T09:12:35.958Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

3D Printing Fumarate Based Polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2012

Kirsten N. Cicotte
Affiliation:
Organic Materials Department, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA.Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Elizabeth L. Hedberg-Dirk
Affiliation:
Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Shawn M. Dirk
Affiliation:
Organic Materials Department, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA.
Get access

Abstract

Recently, an inexpensive 3D lithography technique was developed by ProfessorNicholas Fang at the University of Illinois where a projector is used incombination with a Microsoft® PowerPoint presentation to expose the liquidnegative-tone photoresist 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate in a layer-by-layerfashion. Where Professor Fang initially used this method as a teaching tool,we have used the inexpensive 3D printing technique to create 3D structuresof fumarate based polymers. This class of polymers are liquids at roomtemperature which makes them ideal for the projector based lithographytechnique when used in combination with the photoinitiatorbisphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)-phosphine oxide (BAPO). Furthermore, thefumarate based materials are biocompatible and are suitable candidates fortissue engineering applications.

Information

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable