Title :
Printed hydrogel materials
Author :
McCallum, Don ; Ferris, Cameron ; Calvert, Paul ; Wallace, Gordon ; Panhuis, Marc In het
Author_Institution :
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Sci., Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
An inkjet printer has been developed for printing hydrogel materials. The printer uses two peizo industrial printheads to print out combinations of cationic and anionic polymers, which then form gels on a substrate in a clear demonstration of reactive printing. The synthetic polymers poly-diallyl-dimethyl ammonium chloride and polystyrene sulfonate, and the naturally occurring polymers, alginate, chitosan and gellan gum all formed gels via inkjet deposition.
Keywords :
hydrogels; ink jet printers; ink jet printing; alginate; anionic polymers; cationic polymers; chitosan; gellan gum; inkjet deposition; inkjet printer; naturally occurring polymers; peizoindustrial printheads; polystyrene sulfonate; printed hydrogel materials; synthetic polymer polydiallyl-dimethyl ammonium chloride; Fluids; Ink; Polymers; Printers; Printing; Substrates; bionics; hydrogel; inkjet; polyelectrolyte complexation; printing;
Conference_Titel :
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5261-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5262-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICONN.2010.6045215
