Preliminary Study on Nano Particle/Photopolymer Hybrid for 3D Inkjet Printing

3D inkjet printing is one of the new generation Additive Manufacturing technologies for the production of multi-material and multifunctional 3D products. Due to the critical condition for ink deposition and the stringent requirements for ink solidification, only limited ranges of materials are suita...

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Main Authors: Yang, Hongyi, Nai, Mui Ling Sharon, Qi, Xiaoying, Wei, Jun
Other Authors: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing (Pro-AM 2014)
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Published: 2016
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-842642020-09-24T20:11:40Z Preliminary Study on Nano Particle/Photopolymer Hybrid for 3D Inkjet Printing Yang, Hongyi Nai, Mui Ling Sharon Qi, Xiaoying Wei, Jun Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing (Pro-AM 2014) A*STAR SIMTech Singapore Centre for 3D Printing 3D Inkjet Printing Photopolymer 3D inkjet printing is one of the new generation Additive Manufacturing technologies for the production of multi-material and multifunctional 3D products. Due to the critical condition for ink deposition and the stringent requirements for ink solidification, only limited ranges of materials are suitable for 3D inkjet printing. These include low viscosity photo curable polymers, and low melting temperature materials like wax. In this study, a hybrid printing ink prepared by mixing nano silica particles into photopolymer resin was developed for 3D printing, and the influence of silica particle concentrations on the viscosity, surface tension, printability and mechanical properties of cured polymer was studied. Results show that untreated nano silica particles would influence the rheological properties which is critical to the printability, but did not improve the mechanical properties due to the aggregation of nanoparticles during photo curing. ASTAR (Agency for Sci., Tech. and Research, S’pore) Published version 2016-12-06T08:02:23Z 2019-12-06T15:41:36Z 2016-12-06T08:02:23Z 2019-12-06T15:41:36Z 2014 Conference Paper Yang, H., Nai, M. L. S., Qi, X., & Wei, J. (2014). Preliminary Study on Nano Particle/Photopolymer Hybrid for 3D Inkjet Printing. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing (Pro-AM 2014), 164-169. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84264 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41696 10.3850/978-981-09-0446-3_085 en © 2014 by Research Publishing Services. 6 p. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
building NTU Library
country Singapore
collection DR-NTU
language English
topic 3D Inkjet Printing
Photopolymer
spellingShingle 3D Inkjet Printing
Photopolymer
Yang, Hongyi
Nai, Mui Ling Sharon
Qi, Xiaoying
Wei, Jun
Preliminary Study on Nano Particle/Photopolymer Hybrid for 3D Inkjet Printing
description 3D inkjet printing is one of the new generation Additive Manufacturing technologies for the production of multi-material and multifunctional 3D products. Due to the critical condition for ink deposition and the stringent requirements for ink solidification, only limited ranges of materials are suitable for 3D inkjet printing. These include low viscosity photo curable polymers, and low melting temperature materials like wax. In this study, a hybrid printing ink prepared by mixing nano silica particles into photopolymer resin was developed for 3D printing, and the influence of silica particle concentrations on the viscosity, surface tension, printability and mechanical properties of cured polymer was studied. Results show that untreated nano silica particles would influence the rheological properties which is critical to the printability, but did not improve the mechanical properties due to the aggregation of nanoparticles during photo curing.
author2 Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing (Pro-AM 2014)
author_facet Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing (Pro-AM 2014)
Yang, Hongyi
Nai, Mui Ling Sharon
Qi, Xiaoying
Wei, Jun
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Yang, Hongyi
Nai, Mui Ling Sharon
Qi, Xiaoying
Wei, Jun
author_sort Yang, Hongyi
title Preliminary Study on Nano Particle/Photopolymer Hybrid for 3D Inkjet Printing
title_short Preliminary Study on Nano Particle/Photopolymer Hybrid for 3D Inkjet Printing
title_full Preliminary Study on Nano Particle/Photopolymer Hybrid for 3D Inkjet Printing
title_fullStr Preliminary Study on Nano Particle/Photopolymer Hybrid for 3D Inkjet Printing
title_full_unstemmed Preliminary Study on Nano Particle/Photopolymer Hybrid for 3D Inkjet Printing
title_sort preliminary study on nano particle/photopolymer hybrid for 3d inkjet printing
publishDate 2016
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84264
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41696
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