A Bio-Based Resin for a Multi-Scale Optical 3D Printing.

ABSTRACT: Materials obtained from renewable sources are emerging to replace the starting materials of petroleum-derived plastics. They offer easy processing, fulfill technological, functional and durability requirements at the same time ensuring increased bio-compatibility, recycling, and eventually lower cost. On the other hand, optical 3D printing (O3DP) is a rapid prototyping tool (and an additive manufacturing technique) being developed as a choice for efficient and low waste production method, yet currently associated with mainly petroleum-derived resins. Here we employ a single bio-based resin derived from soy beans, suitable for O3DP in the scales from nano- to macro-dimensions, which can be processed even without the addition of photoinitiator. The approach is validated using both state-of-t

SUBMITTER: Skliutas E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7297778 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature