title: 3D Printing of Conductive Complex Structures with In Situ Generation of Silver Nanoparticles.
abstract: Coupling the photoreduction of a metal precursor with 3D-printing technology is shown to allow the fabrication of conductive 3D hybrid structures consisting of metal nanoparticles and organic polymers shaped in complex multilayered architectures. 3D conductive structures are fabricated incorporating silver nitrate into a photocurable oligomer in the presence of suitable photoinitiators and exposing them to a digital light system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, 10129, Italy.
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fantino
authors.affiliation: Center for Space Human Robotics@PoliTo, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Torino, 10129, Italy.
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiappone
authors.affiliation: Center for Space Human Robotics@PoliTo, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Torino, 10129, Italy.
authors.forename: Ignazio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Roppolo
authors.affiliation: Center for Space Human Robotics@PoliTo, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Torino, 10129, Italy.
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Manfredi
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, 10129, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bongiovanni
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, 10129, Italy.|Center for Space Human Robotics@PoliTo, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Torino, 10129, Italy.
authors.forename: Candido Fabrizio
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Pirri
authors.affiliation: Center for Space Human Robotics@PoliTo, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Torino, 10129, Italy.
authors.forename: Flaviana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calignano
keywords: 3D printing; conductive; digital light processing (DLP); photopolymerization; silver nanoparticles