Nature Communications (May 2021)

Efficient 3D printing via photooxidation of ketocoumarin based photopolymerization

  • Xiaoyu Zhao,
  • Ye Zhao,
  • Ming-De Li,
  • Zhong’an Li,
  • Haiyan Peng,
  • Tao Xie,
  • Xiaolin Xie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23170-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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3D printing enables customized manufacturing that is difficult to achieve through traditional material processing but 3D printing with high resolution and high speed is challenging to realize. Here, the authors demonstrate that photooxidation of a ketocoumarin photosensitizer can simultaneously deliver high print speed and high print resolution on a common 3D printer.