Issue 3, 2020

3D printing of polymeric materials based on photo-RAFT polymerization

Abstract

Here, for the first time, we report the 3D printing of polymeric materials via a photo-controlled reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (photo-RAFT) polymerization process. Our 3D printing resin formulation is based on the use of trithiocarbonate (TTC) RAFT agent, which can mediate radical polymerization via direct photolysis under visible light irradiation (λ = 405 nm). Re-activation of the TTC units within the 3D printed materials enables post-printing transformation.

Graphical abstract: 3D printing of polymeric materials based on photo-RAFT polymerization

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 sep 2019
Accepted
04 nov 2019
First published
04 nov 2019

Polym. Chem., 2020,11, 641-647

3D printing of polymeric materials based on photo-RAFT polymerization

A. Bagheri, K. E. Engel, C. W. A. Bainbridge, J. Xu, C. Boyer and J. Jin, Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 641 DOI: 10.1039/C9PY01419E

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