A New Photocrosslinkable Polycaprolactone based ink for 3D Inkjet Printing

Y He; C J Tuck; S Kilsby; S Christie; Stephen Edmondson; R J M Hague; F R A J Rose; R D Wildman

doi:10.1002/jbm.b.33699

A New Photocrosslinkable Polycaprolactone based ink for 3D Inkjet Printing

Y He, C J Tuck, S Kilsby, S Christie, Stephen Edmondson, R J M Hague, F R A J Rose, R D Wildman

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A new type of photocrosslinkable Polycaprolactone (PCL) based ink that is suitable for 3D inkjet printing has been developed. Photocrosslinkable PCL dimethylacrylate was synthesized and mixed with Poly(ethylene glycol) di-acrylate (PEGDA) to prepare an ink with a suitable viscosity for inkjet printing. The ink performance under different printing environments, initiator concentrations and post-process was studied. This showed that a Nitrogen atmosphere during printing was beneficial for curing and material property optimisation, as well as improving the quality of structures produced. A simple structure, building in the z direction, demonstrated the potential for this material for the production of 3D printed objects. Cells testwas carried out to investigate the biocompatibility of the developed ink.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B: Applied Biomaterials
Early online date	14 May 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.33699
Publication status	Published - 2016

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