3D printing technology has been of growing interest and is becoming an important tool in many industries especially for biomedical applications. In 3D printing, the polymer is melted then extruded through the print head and deposited to a substrate layer by layer. However, 3D printed parts are not as reliable as traditional manufactured parts because of its poor interlayer adhesion. The fact that the materials need to be melt processed during printing make it difficult to use crosslinked polymers directly for 3D printing. This presentation will discuss novel polymers for 3D printing, which, by employing reversible Diels-Alder reactions between polymer chains, possess improved adhesion between interlayers but also allow for melt processing.

Novel polymers for 3D printing with improved interlayer adhesion by reversible Diels-Alder reactions

248th National Meeting (2014)

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