Synthesis and Characterisation of Acrylic Resin-Al Powder Composites Suitable for Additive Manufacturing

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Relinque Madroñal, José Javier; Romero-Ocaña, Ismael; Navas-Martos, Francisco J.; Delgado González, Francisco Javier; Domínguez, Manuel; Molina Rubio, Sergio IgnacioDate
2020-08Department
Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica; Física de la Materia CondensadaSource
Polymers 2020, 12(8), 1642Abstract
Stereolithography is an additive manufacturing technology commonly used to build either prototypes or final parts. Nevertheless, the manufacture of structural parts has been ruled out owing to the poor mechanical properties of conventional UV-curable resins. Moreover, the inventory of available commercial resins is still limited and they exhibit low thermal and electrical conductivity values. In this work, some composite materials were designed using Al microparticles dispersed within an SLA commercial resin matrix. These composites overcame the difficulties caused by the light scattering effect during the photopolymerisation process in the SLA technology. Dispersion of the filler was characterised by means of SEM/EDX and AFM. The composites exhibited improved thermal and mechanical behaviour in comparison with the pristine resin. The simplicity of the synthesis method used to prepare the composites provides a convenient starting point to explore new ways of designing composites for SLA with improved mechanical and functional properties.