Issue 13, 2022

Volumetric additive manufacturing of shape memory polymers

Abstract

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are stimuli responsive materials with programmable recovery from a deformed state. SMP behavior is often impacted by manufacturing features like layering that can impart anisotropic responses. Volumetric additive manufacturing (VAM) is an emerging paradigm that can generate complex three-dimensional SMP structures without layers. Herein we report VAM of thiol–ene-based SMP photoresins to produce structures with nearly full shape recovery, including self-standing tripod and actuating three-arm gripper structures.

Graphical abstract: Volumetric additive manufacturing of shape memory polymers

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 Dec 2021
Accepted
25 Feb 2022
First published
02 Mar 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Polym. Chem., 2022,13, 1813-1817

Volumetric additive manufacturing of shape memory polymers

J. J. Schwartz, D. H. Porcincula, C. C. Cook, E. J. Fong and M. Shusteff, Polym. Chem., 2022, 13, 1813 DOI: 10.1039/D1PY01723C

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