3D Printed Silicones with Shape Memory.

ABSTRACT: Direct ink writing enables the layer-by-layer manufacture of ordered, porous structures whose mechanical behavior is driven by architecture and material properties. Here, we incorporate two different gas filled microsphere pore formers to evaluate the effect of shell stiffness and T_g on compressive behavior and compression set in siloxane matrix printed structures. The lower T_g microsphere structures exhibit substantial compression set when heated near and above T_g, with full structural recovery upon reheating without constraint. By contrast, the higher T_g microsphere structures exhibit reduced compression set with no recovery upon reheating. Aside from their role in tuning the mechanical behavior of direct ink write structures, polymer microsphe

SUBMITTER: Wu AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5498669 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature