A particle-assisted plasma-induced reaction for functional three dimensional (3D) printing

We report a microscale 3D printing method using mixture of 2 m glass spheres and alcohol-based polymer composed by electron emission. This approach enables the production of a volume of polymer that is at least 50 times greater than that produced using an atomic force microscope tip. The surface ten...

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Published inJapanese Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 58; no. 5; pp. 50909 - 50912
Main Authors Matsuura, Hiroshi, Tanikawa, Tamio, Furukawa, Hiromitsu, Hashimoto, Hideki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo IOP Publishing 01.05.2019
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Subjects
3D printing
3D structure
Alcohol
atomic force microscope
Atomic force microscopes
Atomic force microscopy
Electron emission
Electrons
Glass
microscale structure
nanoscale technology
Polymerization
Polymers
surface
surface modification
Surface tension
Three dimensional printing
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Summary:We report a microscale 3D printing method using mixture of 2 m glass spheres and alcohol-based polymer composed by electron emission. This approach enables the production of a volume of polymer that is at least 50 times greater than that produced using an atomic force microscope tip. The surface tension and the dielectricity of the glass spheres play critical roles in generating intense electron emission for dissociating alcohol and sustaining the dissociated alcohol among the spheres for effective alcohol polymerization. This particle-assisted polymerization with electron emission is particularly useful to fabricate functional, microscale 3D structures using a variety of solutions at the desired surface.
Bibliography:JJAP-101068.R1
ISSN:0021-4922
1347-4065
DOI:10.7567/1347-4065/ab06bb