Additive manufacture of three dimensional nanocomposite based objects through multiphoton fabrication

Yaan Liu; Qin Hu; Fan Zhang; Christopher Tuck; Derek Irvine; Richard Hague; Yinfeng He; Marco Simonelli; Graham A. Rance; Emily F. Smith; Ricky D. Wildman

doi:10.3390/polym8090325

Additive manufacture of three dimensional nanocomposite based objects through multiphoton fabrication

Yaan Liu, Qin Hu, Fan Zhang, Christopher Tuck, Derek Irvine, Richard Hague, Yinfeng He, Marco Simonelli, Graham A. Rance, Emily F. Smith, Ricky D. Wildman

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Abstract

Three-dimensional structures prepared from a gold-polymer composite formulation have been fabricated using multiphoton lithography. In this process, gold nanoparticles were simultaneously formed through photoreduction whilst polymerisation of two possible monomers was promoted. The monomers, trimethylopropane triacrylate (TMPTA) and pentaerythritol triacrylate (PETA) were mixed with a gold salt, but it was found that the addition of a ruthenium(II) complex enhanced both the geometrical uniformity and integrity of the polymerised/reduced material, enabling the first production of 3D gold-polymer structures by single step multiphoton lithography.

Original language	English
Article number	325
Journal	Polymers
Volume	8
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8090325
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

3D printing
Additive manufacturing
Gold nanoparticles
Metal reduction
Multiphoton fabrication (MF)
Nanocomposite
Polymerisation
Two-photon lithography (TPL)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics

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