Fabrication of advanced polydimethylsiloxane-based functional materials: Bulk modifications and surface functionalizations

J Liu, Y Yao, X Li, Z Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
With the rapid progress of artificial intelligence, robot and medical services, soft polymers
with changeable modulus and flexible machinability have become an important kind of …

Click chemistry for 3D bioprinting

L Nie, Y Sun, OV Okoro, Y Deng, G Jiang… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioinks are employed in the fabrication of 3D scaffolds containing cells and macromolecules
that can be applied in regenerative medicine. The use of such bioinks facilitates the …

Additive manufacturing of self-healing elastomers

K Yu, A Xin, H Du, Y Li, Q Wang - NPG Asia Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Nature excels in both self-healing and 3D shaping; for example, self-healable human
organs feature functional geometries and microstructures. However, tailoring man-made self …

Click chemistry stereolithography for soft robots that self-heal

TJ Wallin, JH Pikul, S Bodkhe, BN Peele… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Although soft robotics promises a new generation of robust, versatile machines capable of
complex functions and seamless integration with biology, the fabrication of such soft, three …

UV-curable, 3D printable and biocompatible silicone elastomers

H Xiang, X Wang, Z Ou, G Lin, J Yin, Z Liu… - Progress in Organic …, 2019 - Elsevier
A biocompatible silicone elastomer that can be UV-cured and 3D printed via thiol-ene
photopolymerization between vinyl and thiol functionalized polysiloxanes is explored in this …

A facile preparation method of UV rapid curing fluorosilicone coatings with good hydrophobicity and excellent corrosion resistance based on thiol-ene click reaction

Z Yang, Y Bai, B Wei, Y Cui, JH Huang, Y Li… - Progress in Organic …, 2023 - Elsevier
As reported herein, UV rapid curing fluorosilicone coatings with good hydrophobicity and
corrosion resistance were developed with a novel fluorosilicone polymer possessing thiol …

Functional siloxanes with photo-activated, simultaneous chain extension and crosslinking for lithography-based 3D printing

JM Sirrine, V Meenakshisundaram, NG Moon, PJ Scott… - Polymer, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel, poly (dimethyl siloxane)-based photopolymer that exhibits simultaneous linear
chain extension and crosslinking was suitable for vat photopolymerization additive …

Multiple modulus silicone elastomers using 3D extrusion printing of low viscosity inks

S Zheng, M Zlatin, PR Selvaganapathy, MA Brook - Additive Manufacturing, 2018 - Elsevier
Silicone elastomers are of commercial interest in a number of areas because of their
distinctive properties. Current 3D-printing (additive manufacturing) technologies for silicones …

Mechanically dynamic PDMS substrates to investigate changing cell environments

YC Yeh, EA Corbin, SR Caliari, L Ouyang, SL Vega… - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Mechanics of the extracellular matrix (ECM) play a pivotal role in governing cell behavior,
such as cell spreading and differentiation. ECM mechanics have been recapitulated …

All-silicone 3D printing technology: toward highly elastic dielectric elastomers and complex structures

C Tugui, M Cazacu, DM Manoli, A Stefan… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Silicone elastomers have been shown to be well-suited for dielectric elastomer actuators
(DEA), mainly due to their unique combination of properties such as, high elasticity and …