Custom 3D Printable Silicones with Tunable Stiffness

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc

E-ISSN： 1521-3927|39|4|marc.201700563-marc.201700563

ISSN： 1022-1336

Source： MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, Vol.39, Iss.4, 2018-02, pp. : n/a-n/a

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Abstract

AbstractSilicone 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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