Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 14, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14122460
Keywords
bio-based polymers; dual curing; shape-memory; photocuring; microtransfer molding
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Funding
- Research Council of Lithuania [S-MIP-20-17]
- Doctoral Fund of Kaunas University of Technology [A-410]
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Novel thermo-responsive shape-memory vanillin-based photopolymers have been developed with excellent shape-memory properties, able to maintain temporary shapes on non-flat surfaces. By adjusting the ratio of monomers to tune the reaction mechanisms, a wide range of thermal and mechanical properties of the photopolymers was achieved.
Novel thermo-responsive shape-memory vanillin-based photopolymers have been developed for microtransfer molding. Different mixtures of vanillin dimethacrylate with tridecyl methacrylate and 1,3-benzenedithiol have been tested as photocurable resins. The combination of the different reaction mechanisms, thiol-acrylate photopolymerization, and acrylate homopolymerization, that were tuned by changing the ratio of monomers, resulted in a wide range of the thermal and mechanical properties of the photopolymers obtained. All polymers demonstrated great shape-memory properties and were able to return to their primary shape after the temperature programming and maintain their temporary shape. The selected compositions weretested by the microtransfer molding technique and showed promising results. The developed thermo-responsive shape-memory bio-based photopolymers have great potential for forming microtransfered structures and devices applicable on non-flat surfaces.
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