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Professor CHRISTOPHER TUCK's Outputs (113)

Stochastic design for additive manufacture of true biomimetic populations (2022)
Journal Article
Groth, J.-H., Magnini, M., Tuck, C., & Clare, A. (2022). Stochastic design for additive manufacture of true biomimetic populations. Additive Manufacturing, 55, Article 102739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.102739

Current biomimetic designs do not incorporate naturally occurring variance. Instead, the same unit cell is repeatedly copied and pasted to create a pattern. Existing stochastic designs use the same randomness for all parameters. However, nature teach... Read More about Stochastic design for additive manufacture of true biomimetic populations.

Cracking behaviour of high-strength AA2024 aluminium alloy produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (2022)
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Del Guercio, G., McCartney, D. G., Aboulkhair, N. T., Robertson, S., Maclachlan, R., Tuck, C., & Simonelli, M. (2022). Cracking behaviour of high-strength AA2024 aluminium alloy produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion. Additive Manufacturing, 54, Article 102776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.102776

Most wrought aluminium alloys of the 2000 series are difficult to manufacture by laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) due to the formation of cracks during building. To date, the effects of processing regimes on crack formation are still not well understo... Read More about Cracking behaviour of high-strength AA2024 aluminium alloy produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion.

3D reactive inkjet printing of bisphenol A-polycarbonate (2022)
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Qian, Q., Kamps, J. H., Price, B., Gu, H., Wildman, R., Hague, R., Begines, B., & Tuck, C. (2022). 3D reactive inkjet printing of bisphenol A-polycarbonate. Additive Manufacturing, 54, Article 102745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.102745

Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques have gained extensive attention recently as they are able to directly produce 3D parts utilising a layer-by-layer manner. Inkjet printing is one such technique which can produce micron-scale features but is gene... Read More about 3D reactive inkjet printing of bisphenol A-polycarbonate.

Correction to “Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers” (2022)
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Ruiz-Cantu, L., Trindade, G. F., Taresco, V., Zhou, Z., He, Y., Burroughs, L., Clark, E. A., Rose, F. R. A. J., Tuck, C., Hague, R., Roberts, C. J., Alexander, M., Irvine, D. J., & Wildman, R. D. (2022). Correction to “Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers”. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(6), 8654. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c00035

The chemical structure of the drug trandolapril has been corrected in Figure 4c. The conclusions of the work have not been affected by this correction. (Figure present).

Reactive Jetting of High Viscosity Nanocomposites for Dielectric Elastomer Actuation (2022)
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Malas, A., Saleh, E., Giménez‐López, M. D. C., Rance, G. A., Helps, T., Taghavi, M., Rossiter, J. M., Tuck, C. J., Ashcroft, I. A., & Goodridge, R. D. (2022). Reactive Jetting of High Viscosity Nanocomposites for Dielectric Elastomer Actuation. Advanced Materials Technologies, 7(6), Article 2101111. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202101111

The layer-by-layer nature of additive manufacturing is well matched to the layer construction of stacked dielectric actuators, with inkjet printing offering a unique opportunity due to its droplet-on-demand capability, suitable for multi-material pro... Read More about Reactive Jetting of High Viscosity Nanocomposites for Dielectric Elastomer Actuation.

Ink-jet 3D printing as a strategy for developing bespoke non-eluting biofilm resistant medical devices (2021)
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He, Y., Luckett, J., Begines, B., Dubern, J. F., Hook, A. L., Prina, E., Rose, F. R., Tuck, C. J., Hague, R. J., Irvine, D. J., Williams, P., Alexander, M. R., & Wildman, R. D. (2022). Ink-jet 3D printing as a strategy for developing bespoke non-eluting biofilm resistant medical devices. Biomaterials, 281, Article 121350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121350

Chronic infection as a result of bacterial biofilm formation on implanted medical devices is a major global healthcare problem requiring new biocompatible, biofilm-resistant materials. Here we demonstrate how bespoke devices can be manufactured throu... Read More about Ink-jet 3D printing as a strategy for developing bespoke non-eluting biofilm resistant medical devices.

The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing (2021)
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Hu, Q., Rance, G. A., Trindade, G. F., Pervan, D., Jiang, L., Foerster, A., Turyanska, L., Tuck, C., Irvine, D. J., Hague, R., & Wildman, R. D. (2022). The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 51, Article 102575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102575

Two-photon polymerisation (2PP) based additive manufacturing has emerged as a powerful technology to fabricate complex three-dimensional micro- and nanoscale architectures. However, a comprehensive understanding of the effect of printing parameters o... Read More about The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing.

Five simple tools for stochastic lattice creation (2021)
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Groth, J. H., Anderson, C., Magnini, M., Tuck, C., & Clare, A. (2022). Five simple tools for stochastic lattice creation. Additive Manufacturing, 49, Article 102488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102488

Lattices are increasingly used in engineering applications. They can reduce weight in aircraft components, increase the efficiency of heat exchangers and are used as medical implants. Typically a regular and graded lattice, where the unit cells are i... Read More about Five simple tools for stochastic lattice creation.

Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers (2021)
Journal Article
Ruiz-Cantu, L., Trindade, G. F., Taresco, V., Zhou, Z., He, Y., Burroughs, L., Clark, E. A., Rose, F. R., Tuck, C., Hague, R., Roberts, C. J., Alexander, M., Irvine, D. J., & Wildman, R. D. (2021). Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13(33), 38969-38978. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c07850

Controlling the microstructure of materials by means of phase separation is a versatile tool for optimizing material properties. Phase separation has been exploited to fabricate intricate microstructures in many fields including cell biology, tissue... Read More about Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers.

Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices (2021)
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He, Y., Abdi, M., Trindade, G. F., Begines, B., Dubern, J. F., Prina, E., Hook, A. L., Choong, G. Y., Ledesma, J., Tuck, C. J., Rose, F. R., Hague, R. J., Roberts, C. J., De Focatiis, D. S., Ashcroft, I. A., Williams, P., Irvine, D. J., Alexander, M. R., & Wildman, R. D. (2021). Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices. Advanced Science, 8(15), Article 2100249. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202100249

As the understanding of disease grows, so does the opportunity for personalization of therapies targeted to the needs of the individual. To bring about a step change in the personalization of medical devices it is shown that multi-material inkjet-bas... Read More about Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices.

Residual polymer stabiliser causes anisotropic electrical conductivity during inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles (2021)
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Trindade, G. F., Wang, F., Im, J., He, Y., Balogh, A., Scurr, D., Gilmore, I., Tiddia, M., Saleh, E., Pervan, D., Turyanska, L., Tuck, C. J., Wildman, R., Hague, R., & Roberts, C. J. (2021). Residual polymer stabiliser causes anisotropic electrical conductivity during inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles. Communications Materials, 2(1), Article 47. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00151-0

Inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles allows for design flexibility, rapid processing and enables the 3D printing of functional electronic devices through co-deposition of multiple materials. However, the performance of printed devices, especially t... Read More about Residual polymer stabiliser causes anisotropic electrical conductivity during inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles.

An imidazolium-based supramolecular gelator enhancing interlayer adhesion in 3D printed dual network hydrogels (2021)
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Zhou, Z., Samperi, M., Santu, L., Dizon, G., Aboarkaba, S., Limón, D., Tuck, C., Pérez-García, L., Irvine, D. J., Amabilino, D. B., & Wildman, R. (2021). An imidazolium-based supramolecular gelator enhancing interlayer adhesion in 3D printed dual network hydrogels. Materials and Design, 206, Article 109792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109792

The variety of UV-curable monomers for 3D printing is limited by a requirement for rapid curing after each sweep depositing a layer. This study proposes to trigger supramolecular self-assembly during the process by a gemini imidazolium-based low-mole... Read More about An imidazolium-based supramolecular gelator enhancing interlayer adhesion in 3D printed dual network hydrogels.

UV-curable silicone materials with tuneable mechanical properties for 3D printing (2021)
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Foerster, A., Annarasa, V., Terry, A., Wildman, R., Hague, R., Irvine, D., De Focatiis, D. S., & Tuck, C. (2021). UV-curable silicone materials with tuneable mechanical properties for 3D printing. Materials and Design, 205, Article 109681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109681

In this paper, we present the development of a family of novel, UV-curable, highly flexible, 3D printable silicone-based materials, the mechanical properties of which can be tuned simply by varying the ratio of the polymerisable reagents within the f... Read More about UV-curable silicone materials with tuneable mechanical properties for 3D printing.

Universal mobility characteristics of graphene originating from charge scattering by ionised impurities (2021)
Journal Article
Gosling, J. H., Makarovsky, O., Wang, F., Cottam, N. D., Greenaway, M. T., Patanè, A., Wildman, R. D., Tuck, C. J., Turyanska, L., & Fromhold, T. M. (2021). Universal mobility characteristics of graphene originating from charge scattering by ionised impurities. Communications Physics, 4(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00518-2

Pristine graphene and graphene-based heterostructures can exhibit exceptionally high electron mobility if their surface contains few electron-scattering impurities. Mobility directly influences electrical conductivity and its dependence on the carrie... Read More about Universal mobility characteristics of graphene originating from charge scattering by ionised impurities.

Additively manufactured ultra-high vacuum chamber for portable quantum technologies (2021)
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Cooper, N., Coles, L., Everton, S., Maskery, I., Campion, R., Madkhaly, S., Morley, C., O’Shea, J., Evans, W., Saint, R., Krüger, P., Oručević, F., Tuck, C., Wildman, R., Fromhold, T., & Hackermüller, L. (2021). Additively manufactured ultra-high vacuum chamber for portable quantum technologies. Additive Manufacturing, 40, Article 101898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.101898

© 2021 Additive manufacturing is having a dramatic impact on research and industry across multiple sectors, but the production of additively manufactured systems for ultra-high vacuum applications has so far proved elusive and widely been considered... Read More about Additively manufactured ultra-high vacuum chamber for portable quantum technologies.

Inter-Flake Quantum Transport of Electrons and Holes in Inkjet-Printed Graphene Devices (2020)
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Wang, F., Gosling, J. H., Rance, G. A., Trindade, G. F., Makarovsky, O., Cottam, N. D., Kudrynskyi, Z., Balanov, A. G., Greenaway, M. T., Wildman, R. D., Hague, R., Tuck, C., Fromhold, T. M., & Turyanska, L. (2021). Inter-Flake Quantum Transport of Electrons and Holes in Inkjet-Printed Graphene Devices. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(5), Article 2007478. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202007478

© 2020 The Authors. Advanced Functional Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH 2D materials have unique structural and electronic properties with potential for transformative device applications. However, such devices are usually bespoke structures ma... Read More about Inter-Flake Quantum Transport of Electrons and Holes in Inkjet-Printed Graphene Devices.

Additive manufacturing of advanced ceramic materials (2020)
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Lakhdar, Y., Tuck, C., Binner, J., Terry, A., & Goodridge, R. (2021). Additive manufacturing of advanced ceramic materials. Progress in Materials Science, 116, Article 100736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2020.100736

Additive manufacturing (AM) has the potential to disrupt the ceramic industry by offering new opportunities to manufacture advanced ceramic components without the need for expensive tooling, thereby reducing production costs and lead times and increa... Read More about Additive manufacturing of advanced ceramic materials.

Dispersion and stability of colloidal boron carbide suspensions (2020)
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Lakhdar, Y., Tuck, C., Terry, A., & Goodridge, R. (2020). Dispersion and stability of colloidal boron carbide suspensions. Ceramics International, 46(18, Part A), 27957-27966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.07.289

The effects of several anionic, cationic and non-ionic polyelectrolyte dispersants on the stability and rheology of aqueous boron carbide (B4C) suspensions were investigated using zeta potential measurements, settling experiments, and rheological stu... Read More about Dispersion and stability of colloidal boron carbide suspensions.

Inkjet based 3D Printing of bespoke medical devices that resist bacterial biofilm formation (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
He, Y., Begines, B., Luckett, J., Dubern, J.-F., Hook, A., Prina, E., Rose, F. R., Tuck, C., Hague, R., Irvine, D., Williams, P., Alexander, M. R., & Wildman, R. D. Inkjet based 3D Printing of bespoke medical devices that resist bacterial biofilm formation

We demonstrate the formulation of advanced functional 3D printing inks that prevent the formation of bacterial biofilms in vivo. Starting from polymer libraries, we show that a biofilm resistant object can be 3D printed with the potential for shape a... Read More about Inkjet based 3D Printing of bespoke medical devices that resist bacterial biofilm formation.