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Desktop-Stereolithography 3D-Printing of a
Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-Based Material with
Sylgard-184 Properties
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depends on the projected pixel width in XY (in our case, where T0 is the threshold time needed to cure the resin at
52 µm), the minimum Z-layer thickness (as given by the maximum intensity and hp is the characteristic penetration
Z-motor displacement resolution), the UV exposure conditions, depth.[24]
and resin properties like monomer reactivity, optical absorb- By measuring and plotting the cure depths at different expo-
ance, photochemical efficiency, and radical diffusivity.[22] We sure times for a particular resin composition (Figure 2b,c),
studied, characterized, and optimized some of these different we analyzed the role played by the photosensitizer (ITX) in
parameters in order to enhance the resolution of printing, reducing the penetration depth. At constant photoinitiator
without compromising on the optical clarity of the prints. (TPO-L) concentration (0.6% w/w), the penetration depth
Since, irrespective of the macromer composition, the expo- decreases by ≈35% when ITX concentration is increased from
sure time required for curing each layer (50 µm thick) of 3DP- 0% to 0.3%. A further increase of the photoinitiator and pho-
PDMS is long (several seconds), reaction–diffusion kinetics tosensitizer concentrations by 66% reduces the penetration
play a role in the printable XY-resolution of straight lines and depth by another ≈16% (Table S2, Supporting Information).
gaps.[23] In order to test the actual XY-resolution of printing, we However, with an increase in the concentrations of the photo
printed 10 sets of 5 lines having the same width and separation sensitive components, the prints start getting more whitish
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Acknowledgements
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