Acoustic Fabrication via the Assembly and Fusion of Particles

作者:Melde Kai; Choi Eunjin; Wu Zhiguang; Palagi Stefano; Qiu Tian; Fischer Peer*
来源:Advanced Materials, 2018, 30(3): 1704507.
DOI:10.1002/adma.201704507

摘要

Acoustic assembly promises a route toward rapid parallel fabrication of whole objects directly from solution. This study reports the contact-free and maskless assembly, and fixing of silicone particles into arbitrary 2D shapes using ultrasound fields. Ultrasound passes through an acoustic hologram to form a target image. The particles assemble from a suspension along lines of high pressure in the image due to acoustic radiation forces and are then fixed (crosslinked) in a UV-triggered reaction. For this, the particles are loaded with a photoinitiator by solvent-induced swelling. This localizes the reaction and allows the bulk suspension to be reused. The final fabricated parts are mechanically stable and self-supporting.

  • 出版日期2018-1-18