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Micro 3D Printing Using a Digital Projector and its Application in the Study of Soft Materials Mechanics

Micro 3D Printing Using a Digital Projector and its Application in the Study of Soft Materials Mechanics

DOI:
10.3791/4457-v

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09:24 min

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November 27, 2012

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1Department of Mechanical Engineering,Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:43Setting-up a Desktop 3D Printer Using a Digital Data Projector
  • 02:56Design and Fabrication of Gel Tubes
  • 05:30Swelling Experiment for Prescribed Pattern Formation by Elastic Instability
  • 06:36Results: Micro 3D Printing Using a Digital Projector
  • 08:52Conclusion

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We demonstrate controlled pattern transformation of swelling gel tubes by elastic instability. A simple projection micro stereo-lithography setup is built using an off-the-shelf digital data projector to fabricate three-dimensional polymeric structures in a layer-by-layer fashion. Swelling hydrogel tubes under mechanical constraint display various circumferential buckling modes depending on dimension.

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Micro 3D PrintingDigital ProjectorSoft Materials MechanicsBucklingPattern TransformationMechanical InstabilityElastomersHydrogelsSwelling GelsProjection Micro-stereolithographyPμSL SystemDigital Data ProjectorControlled Pattern TransformationDesktop 3D Printer

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