Additive Manufacture of Three Dimensional Nanocomposite Based Objects through Multiphoton Fabrication

• DOI: 10.3390/polym8090325
• Publication Date: 2016-09-01T14:04:28Z
• Authors: Yaan Liu; Qin Hu; Fan Zhang; Christopher Tuck; Derek Irvine; Richard Hague; Yinfeng He; Marco Simonelli; Graham Rance; Emily Smith; Ricky Wildman
• Keywords: TMPTA; Pentaerythritol

Three-dimensional structures prepared from a gold-polymer composite formulation have been fabricated using multiphoton lithography. In this process, gold nanoparticles were simultaneously formed through photoreduction whilst polymerisation of two possible monomers was promoted. The monomers, trimethylopropane triacrylate (TMPTA) and pentaerythritol (PETA) mixed with salt, but it found that the addition ruthenium(II) complex enhanced both geometrical uniformity integrity polymerised/reduced material, enabling first production 3D by single step