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ArticleNature communications2024

Accurate additive manufacturing of lightweight and elastic carbons using plastic precursors.

Paul Smith, Jiayue Hu, Anthony Griffin, Mark Robertson, Alejandro Güillen Obando, Ethan Bounds, Carmen B Dunn, Changhuai Ye, Ling Liu, Zhe Qiang

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Paul SmithSchool of Polymer Science and Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, USA.
Jiayue HuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, 1801N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA.
Anthony GriffinSchool of Polymer Science and Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-194X
Mark RobertsonSchool of Polymer Science and Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, USA.
Alejandro Güillen ObandoSchool of Polymer Science and Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, USA.
Ethan BoundsSchool of Polymer Science and Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, USA.
Carmen B DunnSchool of Polymer Science and Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, USA.
Changhuai YeState Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China.
Ling LiuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, 1801N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA. ling.liu@temple.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8743-4570
Zhe QiangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, 1801N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA. zhe.qiang@usm.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3539-9053

Funding

National Science Foundation (NSF) CMMI-2239408
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite groundbreaking advances in the additive manufacturing of polymers, metals, and ceramics, scaled and accurate production of structured carbons remains largely underdeveloped. This work reports a simple method to produce complex carbon materials with very low dimensional shrinkage from printed to carbonized state (less than 4%), using commercially available polypropylene precursors and a fused filament fabrication-based process. The control of macrostructural retention is enabled by the inclusion of fiber fillers regardless of the crosslinking degree of the polypropylene matrix, providing a significant advantage to directly control the density, porosity, and mechanical properties of 3D printed carbons. Using the same printed plastic precursors, different mechanical responses of derived carbons can be obtained, notably from stiff to highly compressible. This report harnesses the power of additive manufacturing for producing carbons with accurately controlled structure and properties, while enabling great opportunities for various applications.

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PMID38287004
PMCPMC10825225

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