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Off the Grid: a new strategy for material-jet 3D printing with enhanced sub-droplet resolution

Nelson-Dummett, Oliver; Rivers, Geoffrey; Gilani, Negar; Simonelli, Marco; Tuck, Christopher J.; Wildman, Ricky D.; Hague, Richard J.M.; Turyanska, Lyudmila

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Authors

Oliver Nelson-Dummett

Christopher J. Tuck

RICKY WILDMAN RICKY.WILDMAN@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Multiphase Flow and Mechanics

RICHARD HAGUE RICHARD.HAGUE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Additive Manufacturing



Abstract

Drop-on-Demand additive manufacturing could offer a facile solution for scalable on-site manufacturing. With an increasing number of functional materials available for this technology, there are growing opportunities for applications, such as electronics. Here we report on a novel printing strategy, Off-the-Grid (OtG), which enables refined positioning of individual droplets and enhanced resolution compared to the traditional printing strategy. We demonstrate successful printing of structures with feature position control smaller than a single droplet size, and hence enhanced shape fidelity for intricate designs. This strategy is extended to filled patterns, enabling improved layer coverage and customisable inter-layer droplet positioning to control surface morphology. The OtG strategy is applied to produce functional designs, such as conformable circuitry and miniaturized antennae, and is transferable to different materials, from metal nanoparticle and polymeric inks on inkjet platforms, to molten metals on a MetalJet printer. These results could advance exploitation of AM in electronics, wearable electronics, medical devices, and metamaterials.

Citation

Nelson-Dummett, O., Rivers, G., Gilani, N., Simonelli, M., Tuck, C. J., Wildman, R. D., …Turyanska, L. (2024). Off the Grid: a new strategy for material-jet 3D printing with enhanced sub-droplet resolution. Additive Manufacturing Letters, 8, Article 100185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addlet.2023.100185

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 18, 2023
Online Publication Date Nov 23, 2023
Publication Date 2024-02
Deposit Date Nov 27, 2023
Publicly Available Date Dec 13, 2023
Journal Additive Manufacturing Letters
Print ISSN 2772-3690
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Article Number 100185
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addlet.2023.100185
Keywords material and inkjet printing, resolution, shape fidelity, silver nanoparticle, printed electronics
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/27599703
Publisher URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772369023000658?via%3Dihub

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