RT journal article
T1 Synthesis and Characterisation of Acrylic Resin-Al Powder Composites Suitable for Additive Manufacturing
A1 Relinque Madroñal, José Javier
A1 Romero Ocaña, Ismael
A1 Navas Martos, Francisco J.
A1 Delgado González, Francisco Javier
A1 Domínguez, Manuel
A1 Molina Rubio, Sergio Ignacio
A2 Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica
A2 Física de la Materia Condensada
K1 polymer-matrix composites
K1 stereolithography
K1 physical methods of analysis
K1 mechanical properties
K1 thermal properties
AB 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.
PB MDPI
SN 2073-4360
YR 2020
FD 2020-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23885
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23885
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026