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ArticleACS macro letters2022

Fast Visible-Light Photopolymerization in the Presence of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes: Toward 3D Printing Conducting Nanocomposites.

Antonela Gallastegui, Antonio Dominguez-Alfaro, Luis Lezama, Nuria Alegret, Maurizio Prato, María L Gómez, David Mecerreyes

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Article in ACS macro letters, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Antonela GallasteguiPOLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avenida Tolosa 72, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain.
Antonio Dominguez-AlfaroPOLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avenida Tolosa 72, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3215-9732
Luis LezamaDepartamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, UPV/EHU, Aptdo. 644, 48015 Bilbao, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6183-2052
Nuria AlegretCenter for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8329-4459
Maurizio PratoCenter for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8869-8612
María L GómezInstituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados (IITEMA) and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Campus Universitario, 5800 Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, X5804 Rio Cuarto, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0002-3542-1038
David MecerreyesPOLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avenida Tolosa 72, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0788-7156

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A new photoinitiator system (PIS) based on riboflavin (Rf), triethanolamine, and multiwalled carbon nanobutes (MWCNTs) is presented for visible-light-induced photopolymerization of acrylic monomers. Using this PIS, photopolymerization of acrylamide and other acrylic monomers was quantitative in seconds. The intervention mechanism of CNTs in the PIS was studied deeply, proposing a surface interaction of MWCNTs with Rf which favors the radical generation and the initiation step. As a result, polyacrylamide/MWCNT hydrogel nanocomposites could be obtained with varying amounts of CNTs showing excellent mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. The presence of the MWCNTs negatively influences the swelling properties of the hydrogel but significantly improves its mechanical properties (Young modulus values) and electric conductivity. The new PIS was tested for 3D printing in a LCD 3D printer. Due to the fast polymerizations, 3D-printed objects based on the conductive polyacrylamide/CNT nanocomposites could be manufactured in minutes.

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NanocompositesNanotubes, CarbonElectric ConductivityHydrogelsPrinting, Three-DimensionalHydrogelsNanotubes, Carbon

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PMID35575369
PMCPMC8928478

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