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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 54, Issue 3, Pages 1170-1182Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02691
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- Australian Research Council
- UNSW Australia [DP210100094]
- Australian Research Council (ARC) [FT12010096]
- Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship
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The study investigates the impact of different RAFT agents on the 3D printing process, finding that the Z and R groups of RAFT agents affect polymerization kinetics, cure time, and mechanical properties of the printed materials. Additionally, the study reveals that the concentration of trithiocarbonates also influences the mechanical properties of the materials.
Photoinduced electron/energy transfer-reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (PET-RAFT) polymerization has been successfully employed in three-dimensional (3D) printing to synthesize materials with controlled architecture and diverse functions. However, there is a lack of understanding of the impact of various RAFT agents on the 3D printing process, as only trithiocarbonate RAFT agents were used in the previous systems. In this work, RAFT agents with different activating Z groups and leaving R groups are incorporated in resin formulations and applied to open-air 3D printing systems under mild green light irradiation (lambda(max) = 525 nm, I-0 = 0.32 mW/cm(2)). The Z and R groups of RAFT agents influence the polymerization kinetics and 3D printing process (cure time) and affect the mechanical properties of 3D-printed materials. The impact of the concentration of trithiocarbonates on mechanical properties is also investigated. The 3D-printed materials containing RAFT agents are easily postmodified after printing via one-pot in situ aminolysis and thiol-Michael additions. The RAFT-mediated photoinduced polymerization appears a promising method for producing novel and functional materials.
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