title: An Investigation of the Behavior of Solvent based Polycaprolactone ink for Material Jetting.
abstract: An initial study of processing bioresorbable polycaprolactone (PCL) through material jetting was conducted using a Fujifilm Dimatix DMP-2830 material printer. The aim of this work was to investigate a potential solvent based method of jetting polycaprolactone. Several solvents were used to prepare a PCL solvent based ink and 1, 4-dioxane was chosen with the consideration of both solubility and safety. The morphology of PCL formed under different substrate temperatures, droplet spacings were investigated. Multi-layer PCL structures were printed and characterized. This work shows that biodegradable polycaprolactone can be processed through material jetting.
authors: Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Research Group, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG9 2RD, UK.
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authors: Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Research Group, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG9 2RD, UK.
authors: Ricky D
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authors: Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Research Group, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG9 2RD, UK.
authors: Chris J
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authors: Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, LE11 3TU, UK.
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authors: School of Materials, The University of Manchester,M13 9PL, UK.
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