3D printing of superhydrophobic and multifunctional objects <i>via</i> simple and inexpensive vat photopolymerization.

ABSTRACT: 3D printing has emerged as a revolutionary technology in the manufacturing industry, enabling the creation of complex and intricate structures with precision and accuracy. Among various 3D printing technologies, vat photopolymerization has several advantages including high precision, fast molding, and ambient temperature printing. In this work, we employed an inexpensive vat photopolymerization 3D printer (nearly an order of magnitude lower in cost compared to prior reports), with an ink that consists of only two commercially-available components (photopolymer resin and PVDF particles), and a process that consists of only two steps (photopolymerization and washing) to fabricate superhydrophobic 3D objects with complex shapes and geometries. Our intention here is to convey that fabrication

SUBMITTER: Rather AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11826305 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature