Custom 3D Printable Silicones with Tunable Stiffness.
Macromol Rapid Commun
; 39(4)2018 Feb.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29210493
ABSTRACT
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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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Silicones
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Biocompatible Materials
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Elastomers
Language:
En
Journal:
Macromol Rapid Commun
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos