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Enhancing drop mixing in powder bed by alternative particle arrangements with contradictory hydrophilicity. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2021.104160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zawadzki M, Zawada K, Kowalczyk S, Plichta A, Jaczewski J, Zabielski T. 3D reactive inkjet printing of aliphatic polyureas using in-air coalescence technique. RSC Adv 2022; 12:3406-3415. [PMID: 35425380 PMCID: PMC8979265 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra07883f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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An in-flight coalescence reactive inkjet printer has been developed to facilitate the in-air collision of two reactive microdroplets. This way precise volumes of reactive inks can be mixed and subsequently deposited on the substrate to produce the desired product by polymer synthesis and patterning in a single step. In this work, we validate the printer capabilities by fabrication of a series of 3D structures using an aliphatic polyurea system (isophorone diisocyanate IPDI and poly(propylene glycol) bis(2-aminopropyl ether) PEA-400). The influence of temperature and ink ratio on the material properties has been investigated. An increase in both IPDI and temperature facilitates the production of materials with higher Young's Modulus E and higher ultimate strength U. The possibility of printing different materials i.e. ductile (U = 2 MPa, ε B = 450%), quasi-brittle (U = 14 MPa, ε B = 350%), and brittle (U = 10 MPa, ε B = 11%) by varying the printing process parameters using one set of inks has been presented. The anisotropy of the material properties arising from different printing directions is at the 20% level.
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- Maciej Zawadzki
- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology Noakowskiego 3 00-664 Warsaw Poland +48 (22) 234 7475
- Zdalny Serwis sp z o.o. Wysowska 12 02-928 Warsaw Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology Noakowskiego 3 00-664 Warsaw Poland +48 (22) 234 7475
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology Noakowskiego 3 00-664 Warsaw Poland +48 (22) 234 7475
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- AVICON Advanced Vision Control Jerozolimskie 202 Warsaw Poland
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Baudis S, Behl M. High-Throughput and Combinatorial Approaches for the Development of Multifunctional Polymers. Macromol Rapid Commun 2021; 43:e2100400. [PMID: 34460146 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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High-throughput (HT) development of new multifunctional polymers is accomplished by the combination of different HT tools established in polymer sciences in the last decade. Important advances are robotic/HT synthesis of polymer libraries, the HT characterization of polymers, and the application of spatially resolved polymer library formats, explicitly microarray and gradient libraries. HT polymer synthesis enables the generation of material libraries with combinatorial design motifs. Polymer composition, molecular weight, macromolecular architecture, etc. may be varied in a systematic, fine-graded manner to obtain libraries with high chemical diversity and sufficient compositional resolution as model systems for the screening of these materials for the functions aimed. HT characterization allows a fast assessment of complementary properties, which are employed to decipher quantitative structure-properties relationships. Moreover, these methods facilitate the HT determination of important surface parameters by spatially resolved characterization methods, including time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Here current methods for the high-throughput robotic synthesis of multifunctional polymers as well as their characterization are presented and advantages as well as present limitations are discussed.
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- Stefan Baudis
- Institute of Active Polymers, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, 14513, Teltow, Germany
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- Institute of Active Polymers, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, 14513, Teltow, Germany
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Affiliation(s)
- Pengxiang Si
- Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Institute for Polymer Research, Centre for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Institute for Polymer Research, Centre for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario Canada
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Griffin M, Castro N, Bas O, Saifzadeh S, Butler P, Hutmacher DW. The Current Versatility of Polyurethane Three-Dimensional Printing for Biomedical Applications. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART B-REVIEWS 2020; 26:272-283. [DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2019.0224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Michelle Griffin
- Charles Wolfson Centre for Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Rosenfeld A, Oelschlaeger C, Thelen R, Heissler S, Levkin PA. Miniaturized high-throughput synthesis and screening of responsive hydrogels using nanoliter compartments. Mater Today Bio 2020; 6:100053. [PMID: 32462138 PMCID: PMC7240218 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2020.100053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The traditional pipeline of hydrogel development includes individual one-by-one synthesis and characterization of hydrogels. This approach is associated with the disadvantages of low-throughput and high cost. As an alternative approach to classical one-by-one synthesis, high-throughput development of hydrogels is still tremendously under-represented in the field of responsive material development, despite the urgent requirement for such techniques. Here, we report a platform that combines highly miniaturized hydrogel synthesis with screening for responsive properties in a high-throughput manner. The platform comprises a standard glass slide patterned with 1 × 1 mm hydrophilic regions separated by superhydrophobic liquid-impermeable barriers, thus allowing deposition of various precursor solutions onto the hydrophilic spots without cross-contamination. The confinement of these solutions provided by the hydrophilic/superhydrophobic pattern allows encapsulation of cells within the hydrogel, and enables variation in hydrogel height and width. We have also proved the proper mixing of chemicals within the nanoliter-sized droplets. We have successfully implemented this platform for the synthesis of hydrogels, constructing 53 unique hydrogels, to demonstrate the versatility and utility of the platform. Photodegradation studies were performed on 20 hydrogels, revealing structure/function relationships between the hydrogel composition and photodegradability, and covering the range of degradability from non-degradable to rapidly degradable materials.
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- Alisa Rosenfeld
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems – Functional Molecular Systems (IBCS-FMS), Hermann-von Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics (MVM), Gotthard-Franz-Straße 3, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Hermann-von Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Hermann-von Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems – Functional Molecular Systems (IBCS-FMS), Hermann-von Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Organic Chemistry, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Schuster F, Hirth T, Weber A. Reactive inkjet printing of polyethylene glycol and isocyanate based inks to create porous polyurethane structures. J Appl Polym Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/app.46977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Fabian Schuster
- Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB; Nobelstr. 12, 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT; Kaiserstraße 12, 76021 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB; Nobelstr. 12, 70569 Stuttgart Germany
- Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology IGVP, University of Stuttgart; Nobelstr. 12, 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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Li D, Lai WY, Zhang YZ, Huang W. Printable Transparent Conductive Films for Flexible Electronics. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:1704738. [PMID: 29319214 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201704738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2017] [Revised: 10/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Printed electronics are an important enabling technology for the development of low-cost, large-area, and flexible optoelectronic devices. Transparent conductive films (TCFs) made from solution-processable transparent conductive materials, such as metal nanoparticles/nanowires, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and conductive polymers, can simultaneously exhibit high mechanical flexibility, low cost, and better photoelectric properties compared to the commonly used sputtered indium-tin-oxide-based TCFs, and are thus receiving great attention. This Review summarizes recent advances of large-area flexible TCFs enabled by several roll-to-roll-compatible printed techniques including inkjet printing, screen printing, offset printing, and gravure printing using the emerging transparent conductive materials. The preparation of TCFs including ink formulation, substrate treatment, patterning, and postprocessing, and their potential applications in solar cells, organic light-emitting diodes, and touch panels are discussed in detail. The rational combination of a variety of printed techniques with emerging transparent conductive materials is believed to extend the opportunities for the development of printed electronics within the realm of flexible electronics and beyond.
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- Dongdong Li
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
- Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, 710072, Shaanxi, China
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Antunes A, Henriques A, Lima F, Ferra J, Martins J, Carvalho L, Magalhães FD. Postformable and Self-Healing Finish Foil Based on Polyurethane-Impregnated Paper. Ind Eng Chem Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b02477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ana Antunes
- EuroResinas − Indústrias Químicas, S.A., 7520-195 Sines, Portugal
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- LEPABE
- Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, rua Dr. Roberto
Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- LEPABE
- Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, rua Dr. Roberto
Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- EuroResinas − Indústrias Químicas, S.A., 7520-195 Sines, Portugal
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- LEPABE
- Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, rua Dr. Roberto
Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
- DEMAD
− Department of Wood Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Campus Politécnico de Repeses, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal
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- LEPABE
- Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, rua Dr. Roberto
Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
- DEMAD
− Department of Wood Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Campus Politécnico de Repeses, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal
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Choi IH, Kim J. A pneumatically driven inkjet printing system for highly viscous microdroplet formation. MICRO AND NANO SYSTEMS LETTERS 2016. [DOI: 10.1186/s40486-016-0030-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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He Y, Tuck CJ, Prina E, Kilsby S, Christie SDR, Edmondson S, Hague RJM, Rose FRAJ, Wildman RD. A new photocrosslinkable polycaprolactone-based ink for three-dimensional inkjet printing. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2016; 105:1645-1657. [PMID: 27177716 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Revised: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A new type of photocrosslinkable polycaprolactone (PCL) based ink that is suitable for three-dimensional (3D) inkjet printing has been developed. Photocrosslinkable Polycaprolactone dimethylacrylate (PCLDMA) was synthesized and mixed with poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) to prepare an ink with a suitable viscosity for inkjet printing. The ink performance under different printing environments, initiator concentrations, and post processes was studied. This showed that a nitrogen atmosphere during printing was beneficial for curing and material property optimization, as well as improving the quality of structures produced. A simple structure, built in the z-direction, demonstrated the potential for this material for the production of 3D printed objects. Cell tests were carried out to investigate the biocompatibility of the developed ink. © 2016 The Authors Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater, 105B: 1645-1657, 2017.
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- Yinfeng He
- Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Jeon S, Park S, Nam J, Kang Y, Kim JM. Creating Patterned Conjugated Polymer Images Using Water-Compatible Reactive Inkjet Printing. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:1813-1818. [PMID: 26731170 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The fabrication of patterned conjugated polymer images on solid substrates has gained significant attention recently. Office inkjet printers can be used to generate flexible designs of functional materials on substrates on a large scale and in an inexpensive manner. Although creating patterns of conjugated polymers on paper using common office inkjet printers has been reported, only a few examples exist, such as polyaniline (PANI) and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), because only water-compatible inks can be utilized. Herein, we describe the production of poly(phenylenevinylene) (PPV) patterns on paper by employing a reactive inkjet printing (RIJ) method. In this process, printing of a hydrophilic terephthaldehyde, bis(triphenylphosphonium salt) and potassium t-butoxide using a common office inkjet printer leads to formation PPV patterns as a consequence of an in situ Wittig reaction. In addition, microarrayed PPV patterns are also readily generated on solid substrates, such as glass and PDMS, when a piezoelectric dispenser system is employed. The in situ prepared PPV was found to be insoluble in water and chloroform. As a result, unreacted excess reagents and byproducts can be efficiently removed by washing with these solvents.
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- Seongho Jeon
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University , Seoul 133-791, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University , Seoul 133-791, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University , Seoul 133-791, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University , Seoul 133-791, Korea
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Hanyang University , Seoul 133-791, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University , Seoul 133-791, Korea
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Hanyang University , Seoul 133-791, Korea
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Berezkin AV, Kudryavtsev YV. Effect of Cross-Linking on the Structure and Growth of Polymer Films Prepared by Interfacial Polymerization. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:12279-12290. [PMID: 26471239 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Interfacial polymerization of tri- and bifunctional monomers (A3B2 polymerization) is investigated by dissipative particle dynamics to reveal an effect of cross-linking on the reaction kinetics and structure of the growing polymer film. Regardless of the comonomer reactivity and miscibility, the kinetics in an initially bilayer melt passes from the reaction to diffusion control. Within the crossover period, branched macromolecules undergo gelation, which drastically changes the scenario of the polymerization process. Comparison with the previously studied linear interfacial polymerization (Berezkin, A. V.; Kudryavtsev, Y. V. Linear Interfacial Polymerization: Theory and Simulations with Dissipative Particle Dynamics J. Chem. Phys. 2014, 141, 194906) shows similar conversion rates but very different product characteristics. Cross-linked polymer films are markedly heterogeneous in density, their average polymerization degree grows with the comonomer miscibility, and end groups are mostly trapped deeply in the film core. Products of linear interfacial polymerization demonstrate opposite trends as they are spontaneously homogenized by a convective flow of macromolecules expelled from the reactive zone to the film periphery, which we call the reactive extrusion effect and which is hampered in branched polymerization. Influence of the comonomer architecture on the polymer film characteristics could be used in various practical applications of interfacial polymerization, such as fabrication of membranes, micro- and nanocapsules and 3D printing.
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- Anatoly V Berezkin
- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH , Max-Planck str. 1, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Technische Universität München , James-Franck-Str. 1, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences , Leninsky prosp. 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Chen X, Ashcroft IA, Wildman RD, Tuck CJ. An inverse method for determining the spatially resolved properties of viscoelastic-viscoplastic three-dimensional printed materials. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci 2015; 471:20150477. [PMID: 26730216 PMCID: PMC4685878 DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2015.0477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A method using experimental nanoindentation and inverse finite-element analysis (FEA) has been developed that enables the spatial variation of material constitutive properties to be accurately determined. The method was used to measure property variation in a three-dimensional printed (3DP) polymeric material. The accuracy of the method is dependent on the applicability of the constitutive model used in the inverse FEA, hence four potential material models: viscoelastic, viscoelastic–viscoplastic, nonlinear viscoelastic and nonlinear viscoelastic–viscoplastic were evaluated, with the latter enabling the best fit to experimental data. Significant changes in material properties were seen in the depth direction of the 3DP sample, which could be linked to the degree of cross-linking within the material, a feature inherent in a UV-cured layer-by-layer construction method. It is proposed that the method is a powerful tool in the analysis of manufacturing processes with potential spatial property variation that will also enable the accurate prediction of final manufactured part performance.
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- X Chen
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Research Group, Faculty of Engineering , University of Nottingham , NG7 2RD, UK
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- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Research Group, Faculty of Engineering , University of Nottingham , NG7 2RD, UK
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- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Research Group, Faculty of Engineering , University of Nottingham , NG7 2RD, UK
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- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Research Group, Faculty of Engineering , University of Nottingham , NG7 2RD, UK
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Bao B, Li M, Li Y, Jiang J, Gu Z, Zhang X, Jiang L, Song Y. Patterning fluorescent quantum dot nanocomposites by reactive inkjet printing. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2015; 11:1649-54. [PMID: 25641755 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201403005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Revised: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Fluorescent quantum dot nanocomposites, including polymer and photonic crystal quantum dots, have been fabricated by reactive inkjet printing. This reactive inkjet printing method has the potential to be broadened to fabrication of other functional nanomaterials, which will find promising applications in optoelectronic devices.
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- Bin Bao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street, Beijing, 100190, P.R. China; Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P.R. China; Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P.R. China; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P.R. China
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Berezkin AV, Kudryavtsev YV. Linear interfacial polymerization: Theory and simulations with dissipative particle dynamics. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:194906. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4901727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Anatoly V. Berezkin
- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck str. 1, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Kramb RC, Buskohl PR, Slone C, Smith ML, Vaia RA. Autonomic composite hydrogels by reactive printing: materials and oscillatory response. SOFT MATTER 2014; 10:1329-1336. [PMID: 24651297 DOI: 10.1039/c3sm51650d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Autonomic materials are those that automatically respond to a change in environmental conditions, such as temperature or chemical composition. While such materials hold incredible potential for a wide range of uses, their implementation is limited by the small number of fully-developed material systems. To broaden the number of available systems, we have developed a post-functionalization technique where a reactive Ru catalyst ink is printed onto a non-responsive polymer substrate. Using a succinimide-amine coupling reaction, patterns are printed onto co-polymer or biomacromolecular films containing primary amine functionality, such as polyacrylamide (PAAm) or poly-N-isopropyl acrylamide (PNIPAAm) copolymerized with poly-N-(3-Aminopropyl)methacrylamide (PAPMAAm). When the films are placed in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) solution medium, the reaction takes place only inside the printed nodes. In comparison to alternative BZ systems, where Ru-containing monomers are copolymerized with base monomers, reactive printing provides facile tuning of a range of hydrogel compositions, as well as enabling the formation of mechanically robust composite monoliths. The autonomic response of the printed nodes is similar for all matrices in the BZ solution concentrations examined, where the period of oscillation decreases in response to increasing sodium bromate or nitric acid concentration. A temperature increase reduces the period of oscillations and temperature gradients are shown to function as pace-makers, dictating the direction of the autonomic response (chemical waves).
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- R C Kramb
- AFRL/RX Materials & Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA.
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Castrejón-Pita JR, Kubiak KJ, Castrejón-Pita AA, Wilson MCT, Hutchings IM. Mixing and internal dynamics of droplets impacting and coalescing on a solid surface. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2013; 88:023023. [PMID: 24032939 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.88.023023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The coalescence and mixing of a sessile and an impacting liquid droplet on a solid surface are studied experimentally and numerically in terms of lateral separation and droplet speed. Two droplet generators are used to produce differently colored droplets. Two high-speed imaging systems are used to investigate the impact and coalescence of the droplets in color from a side view with a simultaneous gray-scale view from below. Millimeter-sized droplets were used with dynamical conditions, based on the Reynolds and Weber numbers, relevant to microfluidics and commercial inkjet printing. Experimental measurements of advancing and receding static contact angles are used to calibrate a contact angle hysteresis model within a lattice Boltzmann framework, which is shown to capture the observed dynamics qualitatively and the final droplet configuration quantitatively. Our results show that no detectable mixing occurs during impact and coalescence of similar-sized droplets, but when the sessile droplet is sufficiently larger than the impacting droplet vortex ring generation can be observed. Finally we show how a gradient of wettability on the substrate can potentially enhance mixing.
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- J R Castrejón-Pita
- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, 17 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, United Kingdom
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Lee MY, Lee WJ, Roy AK, Lee KS, Park SY, Lee JH, In I. Room-temperature Sinterable Silver Nanoparticle Ink with Low-molecular-weight Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) Ligand. CHEM LETT 2013. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.2013.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Mi Yeon Lee
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation
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Perelaer J, Jani R, Grouchko M, Kamyshny A, Magdassi S, Schubert US. Plasma and microwave flash sintering of a tailored silver nanoparticle ink, yielding 60% bulk conductivity on cost-effective polymer foils. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2012; 24:3993-3998. [PMID: 22718319 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201200899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A combination of plasma and microwave flash sintering is used to sinter an inkjet-printed and tailored silver nanoparticle formulation. By using two sintering techniques sequentially, the obtained conductivity is 60%, while keeping the processing temperature well below the glass transition temperature (T(g)) of the used polymer substrate. This approach leads to highly conductive features on cost-effective polymer substrates in relatively short times, which are compatible with roll-to-roll (R2R) production. An electroluminescence device is prepared as an example.
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- Jolke Perelaer
- Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany.
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Brown PS, Wood TJ, Schofield WCE, Badyal JPS. A substrate-independent lift-off approach for patterning functional surfaces. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2011; 3:1204-1209. [PMID: 21417398 DOI: 10.1021/am2000278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A lift-off method for creating multifunctional patterned surfaces has been devised. It entails consecutive pulsed plasmachemical deposition of a reactive bottom layer and a protective top release layer. By way of example, a bottom/top layer combination comprising pulsed plasma deposited poly(glycidyl methacrylate)/poly(pentafluorostyrene) has been shown to display selective adhesive lift-off of the latter. Application of a prepatterned adhesive template yields well-defined arrays of reactive epoxide functionality surrounded by a passive fluoropolymer background or vice versa.
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- P S Brown
- Department of Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, England, United Kingdom
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Perelaer J, Smith PJ, Mager D, Soltman D, Volkman SK, Subramanian V, Korvink JG, Schubert US. Printed electronics: the challenges involved in printing devices, interconnects, and contacts based on inorganic materials. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1039/c0jm00264j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 594] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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