Biodegradable Poly(ester) Urethane Acrylate Resins for Digital Light Processing: From Polymer Synthesis to 3D Printed Tissue Engineering Constructs

Digital light processing (DLP) is an accurate and fast additive manufacturing technique to produce a variety of products, from patient-customized biomedical implants to consumer goods. However, DLP's use in tissue engineering has been hampered due to a lack of biodegradable resin development. Herein, a library of biodegradable poly(esters)...

Prediction of the deformed geometry of vat photo-polymerized components using a multi-physical modeling framework

In photopolymerization-based additive manufacturing a complex interplay exists between the vat photopolymerization process characteristics and the (photo-active) resin’s material properties, which governs the trajectory from the input target geometry to the resulting true geometry of a printed component. Particularly for fine featured geometries...

Development of propellant compositions for vat photopolymerization additive manufacturing

A photocurable energetic resin was developed for photopolymerization additive manufacturing. The composition contains 50 wt % RDX, 25 wt % acrylate binder, and 25 wt % energetic plasticizer. The material was characterized in terms of compatibility, printability, mechanical properties and (ballistic) performance. The possibility of printing...

Poly(caprolactone -co -trimethylenecarbonate) urethane acrylate resins for digital light processing of bioresorbable tissue engineering implants

To exploit the usability of Digital Light Processing (DLP) in regenerative medicine, biodegradable, mechanically customizable and well-defined polyester urethane acrylate resins were synthesized based on poly(caprolactone-co-trimethlenecarbonate). By controlling the monomer ratio, the resultant fabricated constructs showed tunable mechanical...