Weigel Niclas, Männel Max J, Thiele Julian
Leibniz Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Hohe Str. 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2021 Jul 7;13(26):31086-31101. doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c05547. Epub 2021 Jun 26.
We develop resins for high-resolution additive manufacturing of flexible micromaterials via projection microstereolithography (PμSL) screening formulations made from monomer 2-phenoxyethyl acrylate, the cross-linkers Ebecryl 8413, tri(propyleneglycol) diacrylate or 1,3,5-triallyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6(1,3,5)-trione, the photoabsorber Sudan 1, and the photoinitiator diphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide. PμSL-printed polymer micromaterials made from this resin library are characterized regarding achievable layer thickness depending on UV exposure energy, and for mechanical as well as optical properties. The best-candidate resin from this screening approach allows for 3D-printing transparent microchannels with a minimum cross section of approximately 35 × 46 μm, which exhibit proper solvent resistance against water, isopropanol, ethanol, -hexane, and HFE-7500. The mechanical properties are predestined for 3D-printing microfluidic devices with integrated functional units that require high material flexibility. Exemplarily, we design flexible microchannels for on-demand regulation of microdroplet sizes in microemulsion formation. Our two outlines of integrated droplet regulators operate by injecting defined volumes of air, which deform the droplet-forming microchannel cross-junction, and change the droplet size therein. With this study, we expand the library of functional resins for PμSL printing toward flexible materials with micrometer resolution and provide the basis for further exploration of these materials, e.g., as microstructured cell-culturing substrates with defined mechanics.
我们通过投影微立体光刻(PμSL)开发用于柔性微材料高分辨率增材制造的树脂,筛选由丙烯酸2-苯氧基乙酯单体、交联剂Ebecryl 8413、三(丙二醇)二丙烯酸酯或1,3,5-三烯丙基-1,3,5-三嗪-2,4,6(1,3,5)-三酮、光吸收剂苏丹红1和光引发剂二苯基(2,4,6-三甲基苯甲酰基)氧化膦制成的配方。由该树脂库制成的PμSL打印聚合物微材料根据紫外线曝光能量、机械性能和光学性能来表征可实现的层厚度。通过这种筛选方法得到的最佳候选树脂能够3D打印出最小横截面约为35×46μm的透明微通道,这些微通道对水、异丙醇、乙醇、己烷和HFE-7500具有适当的耐溶剂性。这些机械性能注定可用于3D打印具有集成功能单元的微流体装置,这些功能单元需要高材料柔韧性。例如,我们设计了用于在微乳液形成过程中按需调节微滴尺寸的柔性微通道。我们的两个集成液滴调节器轮廓通过注入确定体积的空气来操作,这会使形成液滴的微通道交叉点变形,并改变其中的液滴尺寸。通过这项研究,我们将用于PμSL打印的功能性树脂库扩展到具有微米分辨率的柔性材料,并为进一步探索这些材料提供了基础,例如作为具有确定力学性能的微结构化细胞培养底物。