ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Bending Properties of Standardized Photopolymer-Silicone Hybrid Structures Manufactured via PolyJet Matrix.
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- 3D & 4D Printing-In Engineering Applications.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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The study presented an analysis of the behaviour of cellular structures under bending, produced using the PolyJet Matrix (PJM) additive manufacturing method with photopolymer resin. Structures with regular cell geometry were designed to achieve a balance between stiffness, weight reduction, and energy absorption capacity. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of unit-cell topology (quasi-similar, spiral, hexagonal honeycomb, and their core-skin hybrid combinations) on the flexural properties and deformation mechanisms of PolyJet-printed photopolymer beams under three-point bending. Additionally, all cellular configurations were fully infiltrated with a low-modulus platinum-cure silicone to evaluate the effect of complete polymer-elastomer interpenetration on load-bearing capacity, stiffness, ductility, and energy absorption. All tests were performed according to bending standard on specimens fabricated using a Stratasys Objet Connex350 printer with RGD720 photopolymer at 16 µm layer thickness. The results showed that the dominant failure mechanism was local buckling and gradual collapse of the cell walls. Among the silicone-filled cellular beams, the QS-Silicone configuration exhibited the best overall flexural performance, achieving a mean peak load of 37.7 ± 4.2 N, mid-span deflection at peak load of 11.4 ± 1.1 mm, and absorbed energy to peak load of 0.43 ± 0.06 J. This hybrid core-skin design (quasi-similar core + spiral skin) provided the optimum compromise between load-bearing capacity and deformation capacity within the infiltrated series. In contrast, the fully dense solid reference reached a significantly higher peak load of 136.6 ± 10.2 N, but failed in a brittle manner at only ~3 mm deflection, characteristic of UV-cured rigid photopolymers. All open-cell silicone-filled lattices displayed pseudo-ductile behaviour with extended post-peak softening, enabled by large-scale elastic buckling and silicone deformation and progressive buckling of the thin photopolymer struts. The results provided a foundation for optimising the geometry and material composition of photopolymer-silicone hybrid structures for lightweight applications with controlled stiffness-to-weight ratios.
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