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Micro 3D Printing Using a Digital Projector and its Application in the Study of Soft Materials Mechanics
 

Micro 3D Printing Using a Digital Projector and its Application in the Study of Soft Materials Mechanics

Article DOI: 10.3791/4457-v 09:24 min November 27th, 2012
November 27th, 2012

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Summary

We demonstrate controlled pattern transformation of swelling gel tubes by elastic instability. A simple projection micro stereo-lithography setup is built using an off-the-shelf digital data projector to fabricate three-dimensional polymeric structures in a layer-by-layer fashion. Swelling hydrogel tubes under mechanical constraint display various circumferential buckling modes depending on dimension.

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Micro 3D Printing Digital Projector Soft Materials Mechanics Buckling Pattern Transformation Mechanical Instability Elastomers Hydrogels Swelling Gels Projection Micro-stereolithography PμSL System Digital Data Projector Controlled Pattern Transformation Desktop 3D Printer
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