RT journal article
T1 Materials with enhanced adhesive properties based on acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS)/thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) blends for fused filament fabrication (FFF)
A1 Sanz de León, Alberto
A1 Domínguez Calvo, Álvaro
A1 Molina Rubio, Sergio Ignacio
A2 Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica
K1 Additive manufacturing
K1 3D printing
K1 Fused filament fabrication
K1 Fused deposition modeling
K1 Polymer blends
K1 Adhesion Interlayer bonding
K1 Mechanical properties
K1 Material characterization
AB In the current work, we prepared a novel material suitable for additive manufacturing by using acrylonitrilebutadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymer as matrix and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) as additive. Conditionsfor successful printing via fused filament fabrication (FFF)were optimized for the ABS:TPU blends. Compatibilityof ABS and TPU in the blends was studied by Fourier-transformed infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, showing the appearanceof new supramolecular interactions via hydrogen bonding. Compositional studies were carried out byconfocal Ramanmicroscopy and atomic forcemicroscopy (AFM), demonstrating the good compatibility betweenthe two compounds. Mechanical and adhesive properties were studied by 3D-printing different normalized testspecimens in different directions. Itwas shown that blends containing 10–20wt% TPU led to enhanced adhesionbetween layerswithout loss in yield strength,while 30wt% TPU led to a good adhesion between layers and to theprinting platform when printing at room temperature.
PB ELSEVIER SCI LTD
SN 0264-1275
YR 2019
FD 2019-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/21833
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/21833
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 15-nov-2026