Direct-writing construction of layered meshes from nanoparticles-vaseline composite inks: rheological properties and structures

Direct-writing is superior in the construction of arbitrarily designed three-dimensional (3D) structures. In this work, we develop a series of organic inks doped with nanoparticles to fabricate 3D meshes of interpenetrating rods. The effects of nanoparticle addition on the rheological properties of organic inks were analyzed. The results revealed intelligible relationship between the ink's formability and rheological properties, which could be beneficial to the construction of 3D structures from organic inks by direct writing.