Optical characterization of 3D printed PLA and ABS filaments for diffuse optics applications

Caterina Amendola, Michele Lacerenza, Ileana Pirovano, Davide Contini, Lorenzo Spinelli, Rinaldo Cubeddu, Alessandro Torricelli and Rebecca Re

PLOS ONE, 2021, vol. 16, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: The interest for Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) in the field of Diffuse Optics (DO) is rapidly increasing. The most widespread FDM materials are polylactic acid (PLA) and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), thanks to their low cost and easiness-to-print. This is why, in this study, 3D printed samples of PLA and ABS materials were optically characterized in the range from the UV up to the IR wavelengths, in order to test their possible employment for probe construction in DO applications. To this purpose, measurements with Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy techniques were considered. The results obtained show how the material employed for probe construction can negatively affect the quality of DO measurements.

Date: 2021
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