3D printing of ultra-high viscosity resin by a linear scan-based vat photopolymerization system

Zixiang Weng (), Xianmei Huang, Shuqiang Peng, Longhui Zheng and Lixin Wu ()
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Zixiang Weng: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xianmei Huang: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shuqiang Peng: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Longhui Zheng: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lixin Wu: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract The current printing mechanism of the bottom-up vat photopolymerization 3D printing technique places a high demand on the fluidity of the UV-curable resin. Viscous high-performance acrylate oligomers are compounded with reactive diluents accordingly to prepare 3D printable UV-curable resins (up to 5000 cps of viscosity), yet original mechanical properties of the oligomers are sacrificed. In this work, an elaborated designed linear scan-based vat photopolymerization system is developed, allowing the adoption of printable UV-curable resins with high viscosity (> 600,000 cps). Briefly, this is realized by the employment of four rollers to create an isolated printing area on the resin tank, which enables the simultaneous curing of the resin and the detachment of cured part from the resin tank. To verify the applicability of this strategy, oligomer dominated UV-curable resin with great mechanical properties, but high viscosity is prepared and applied to the developed system. It is inspiring to find that high stress and strain elastomers and toughened materials could be facilely obtained. This developed vat photopolymerization system is expected to unblock the bottleneck of 3D printed material properties, and to build a better platform for researchers to prepare various materials with diversiform properties developed with 3D printing.

Date: 2023
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