Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 2583-2587Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am4050822
Keywords
3D printing metallization; electroless deposition; atomic-transfer radical polymerization
Funding
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- University of Western Ontario
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51171202, 21125316]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Three-dimensional printing was used to fabricate various metallic structures by directly integrating a Br-containing vinyl-terminated initiator into the 3D resin followed by surface-initiated atomic-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and subsequent electroless plating. Cu- and Ni-coated complex structures, such as microlattices, hollow balls, and even Eiffel towers, were prepared. Moreover, the method is also capable of fabricating ultralight cellular metals with desired structures by simply etching the polymer template away. By combining the merits of 3D printing in structure design with those of ATRP in surface modification and polymer-assisted ELP of metals, this universal, robust, and cost-effective approach has largely extended the capability of 3D printing and will make 3D printing technology more practical in areas of electronics, acoustic absorption, thermal insulation, catalyst supports, and others.
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