DLP 4D printing of multi-responsive bilayered structures

Advances in soft robotics strongly rely on the development and manufacturing of new responsive soft materials. In particular, light-based 3D printing techniques, and especially, digital light processing (DLP), offer a versatile platform for the fast manufacturing of complex 3D/4D structures with a h...

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Hauptverfasser: Mainik, Philipp (VerfasserIn) , Hsu, Li-Yun (VerfasserIn) , Zimmer, Claudius W. (VerfasserIn) , Fauser, Dominik (VerfasserIn) , Steeb, Holger (VerfasserIn) , Blasco, Eva (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: December 13, 2023
In: Advanced Materials Technologies
Year: 2023, Jahrgang: 8, Heft: 23, Pages: 1-8
ISSN:2365-709X
DOI:10.1002/admt.202300727
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202300727
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/admt.202300727
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Verfasserangaben:Philipp Mainik, Li-Yun Hsu, Claudius W. Zimmer, Dominik Fauser, Holger Steeb, and Eva Blasco
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Zusammenfassung:Advances in soft robotics strongly rely on the development and manufacturing of new responsive soft materials. In particular, light-based 3D printing techniques, and especially, digital light processing (DLP), offer a versatile platform for the fast manufacturing of complex 3D/4D structures with a high spatial resolution. In this work, DLP all-printed bilayered structures exhibiting reversible and multi-responsive behavior are presented for the first time. For this purpose, liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are used as active layers and combined with a printable non-responsive elastomer acting as a passive layer. Furthermore, selective light response is incorporated by embedding various organic dyes absorbing light at different regimes in the active layers. An in-depth characterization of the single materials and printed bilayers demonstrates a reversible and selective response. Last, the versatility of the approach is shown by DLP printing a bilayered complex 3D structure consisting of four different materials (a passive and three different LCE active materials), which exhibit different actuation patterns when irradiated with different wavelengths of light.
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ISSN:2365-709X
DOI:10.1002/admt.202300727