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Single Additive Enables 3D Printing of Highly Loaded Iron Oxide Suspensions

Single Additive Enables 3D Printing of Highly Loaded Iron Oxide Suspensions

Amin Hodaei, Omid Akhlaghi, Navid Khani, Tunahan Aytas, Dilek Sezer, Buse Tatli, Yusuf Z Menceloglu, Bahattin Koc, Ozge Akbulut

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2018 Mar 21;10(11):9873-9881.

PMID: 29474786

Abstract:

A single additive, a grafted copolymer, is designed to ensure the stability of suspensions of highly loaded iron oxide nanoparticles (IOPs) and to facilitate three-dimensional (3D) printing of these suspensions in the filament form. This poly (ethylene glycol)-grafted copolymer of N-[3(dimethylamino)propyl]methacrylamide and acrylic acid harnesses both electrostatic and steric repulsion to realize an optimum formulation for 3D printing. When used at 1.15 wt % (by the weight of IOPs), the suspension attains ∼81 wt % solid loading-96% of the theoretical limit as calculated by the Krieger-Dougherty equation. Rectangular, thick-walled toroidal, and thin-walled toroidal magnetic cores and a porous lattice structure are fabricated to demonstrate the utilization of this suspension as an ink for 3D printing. The electrical and magnetic properties of the magnetic cores are characterized through impedance spectroscopy (IS) and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), respectively. The IS indicates the possibility of utilizing wire-wound 3D printed cores as the inductive coils. The VSM verifies that the magnetic properties of IOPs before and after the ink formulation are kept almost unchanged because of the low dosage of the additive. This particle-targeted approach for the formulation of 3D printing inks allows embodiment of a fully aqueous system with utmost target material content.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
LS71543	3D Printing Iron ink			Price

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