scholarly journals Three dimensional ink-jet printing of biomaterials using ionic liquids and co-solvents

2016 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 509-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deshani H. A. T. Gunasekera ◽  
SzeLee Kuek ◽  
Denis Hasanaj ◽  
Yinfeng He ◽  
Christopher Tuck ◽  
...  

1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2C1Im][OAc]) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C4C1Im][OAc]) have been used as solvents for the dissolution and ink-jet printing of cellulose from 1.0 to 4.8 wt%, mixed with the co-solvents 1-butanol and DMSO. 1-Butanol and DMSO were used as rheological modifiers to ensure consistent printing, with DMSO in the range of 41–47 wt% producing samples within the printable range of a DIMATIX print-head used (printability parameter < 10) at 55 °C, whilst maintaining cellulose solubility. Regeneration of cellulose from printed samples using water was demonstrated, with the resulting structural changes to the cellulose sample assessed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and white light interferometry (WLI). These results indicate the potential of biorenewable materials to be used in the 3D additive manufacture process to generate single-component and composite materials.

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 444-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Zayarny ◽  
A. K. Ivanova ◽  
A. A. Ionin ◽  
R. A. Khmel’nitskii ◽  
Yu. V. Klevkov ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 317-318 ◽  
pp. 151-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Mohebi ◽  
Shou Feng Yang ◽  
Julian R.G. Evans

Three dimensional functional gradients have been prepared from fine powders by direct ink-jet printing using two methods for ink mixing and for coarser, free-flowing powders by acoustic deposition. Each of these methods can provide compositional accuracy of about 3 wt.%. These are 2nd generation technologies for computer control of both shape and composition. The techniques are described and their potential discussed in terms of resolution and compositional accuracy.


2006 ◽  
Vol 921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faith Marie Coldren ◽  
John B. McGuirt ◽  
Nicole Levi ◽  
Elizabeth Palavecino ◽  
David L. Carroll

AbstractEven though viability for printed bacteria has been demonstrated, the effect of thermal ink-jet printing on cellular ultrastructures is unknown. Retention of viability is useful when colony growth is desired. However, when bacteria are isolated from a human infection they often exhibit characteristics that can be lost when grown in standard laboratory cultures. Ideally, individual bacteria from an infection could be printed and studied without extensive culturing or processing.We have investigated the gram-positive organism Staphylococcus aureus and the extracellular polymeric ultrastructure that encapsulates the bacterial cell. The capsule is composed of cell-wall associated polysaccharides. Our goal was to use ink-jet printing to spatially control the placement of S. aureus, without affecting the extracellular ultrastructure. Observation by scanning electron microscopy comparing the integrity and uniformity of encapsulated S. aureus before and after thermal ink-jet printing suggests that the capsule is disrupted, possibly completely removed, during printing.


1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Sachs ◽  
M. Cima ◽  
P. Williams ◽  
D. Brancazio ◽  
J. Cornie

Three Dimensional Printing is a process for the manufacture of tooling and functional prototype parts directly from computer models. Three Dimensional Printing functions by the deposition of powdered material in layers and the selective binding of the powder by “ink-jet” printing of a binder material. Following the sequential application of layers, the unbound power is removed, resulting in a complex three-dimensional part. The process may be applied to the production of metal, ceramic, and metal-ceramic composite parts. An experiment employing continuous-jet ink-jet printing technology has produced a three-dimensional ceramic part constructed of 50 layers, each 0.005 in. thick. The powder is alumina and the binder is colloidal silica. The minimum feature size is 0.017 in., and features intended to be 0.5000 in. apart average 0.4997 in. apart in the green state and 0.5012 in. apart in the cured state, with standard deviations of 0.0005 in. and 0.0018 in., respectively. Future research will be directed toward the direct fabrication of cores and shells for metal casting, and toward the fabrication of porous ceramic preforms for metal-ceramic composite parts.


2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 060201
Author(s):  
Maja Stanić ◽  
Branka Lozo ◽  
Peter J. Walters

2011 ◽  
Vol 480-481 ◽  
pp. 950-955
Author(s):  
Yi Yong Yao ◽  
Li Ping Zhao

The repeated positioning accuracy of ink-jet printing equipments is the key influencing factor for the dimensional stability of flexible three-dimensional microstructure. To resolve the question of repeated positioning, this paper presents a matching recognition method of cross-circle’s center based on floating template, and introduces the formulas for positioning errors. Consequently, the present method can give a technical support for analysis on the dimensional stability of flexible three-dimensional microstructure.


2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (19) ◽  
pp. 22661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Jin Lim ◽  
Ji Hoon Yu ◽  
Ki Hoon Song ◽  
Myong-Hoon Lee ◽  
Hongwen Ren ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-68
Author(s):  
Zhen Shi ◽  
Rui Dan ◽  
Longyun Hao ◽  
Weichao Chen ◽  
Ruyi Xie ◽  
...  

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