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2D characterisation and evaluation of multi-material structures towards 3D hybrid printing

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posted on 2023-03-21, 11:38 authored by Umur Cicek, Darren SoutheeDarren Southee, Andrew JohnsonAndrew Johnson

Multi-material manufacturing through the hybridisation of printed electronics and additive manufacturing has gained great interest recently. However, such hybridisation attempts are not trivial due to the need for functional material development and compatible process identification, as well as further performance understanding, comprehensive characterisation and long-term reliability evaluation of multi-material parts. While some multi-material structures from functional materials such as silver inks have been demonstrated via the integration of direct writing systems into stereolithography or material extrusion platforms, the performance assessment and characterisation of parts manufactured using such integrated systems is still required. Therefore, this research presents a comprehensive assessment of multi-material structures manufactured using syringe deposition and material extrusion platforms. Test specimens were subjected to various characterisation activities such as thickness measurement, resistance measurement, roughness tests, wettability measurement, adhesion tests, and morphological analysis. Results and statistical analyses suggested that the dry thickness and conductivity of deposited films were dependent on the substrate material. Adhesion between the conductive film and substrate was affected by both substrate material and ink deposition angle. Also, the interaction of conductive films with polycarbonate substrate was found to be noticeably better among all substrates due to low resistivity and enhanced adhesion at low thicknesses.

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The Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology Collaborative R&D Partnership

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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School

  • Design and Creative Arts

Department

  • Design

Published in

Virtual and Physical Prototyping

Volume

18

Issue

1

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Rights holder

© The Authors

Publisher statement

This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Taylor & Francis under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Acceptance date

2023-02-11

Publication date

2023-03-16

Copyright date

2023

ISSN

1745-2759

eISSN

1745-2767

Language

  • en

Depositor

Dr Andrew Johnson. Deposit date: 14 February 2023

Article number

e2181193

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