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ArticleMacromolecular rapid communications2026

Digital Printing of Photoreversible Protective Films.

Morris Wolf, Alper Balkan, René Schneider, Stefan Mommer, Yves Leterrier, Mark W Tibbitt

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Article in Macromolecular rapid communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Morris WolfMacromolecular Engineering Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1328-1345
Alper BalkanLaboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites (LPAC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3261-0554
René SchneiderLaboratory For Functional Polymers, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5446-7448
Stefan MommerMacromolecular Engineering Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1400-5681
Yves LeterrierLaboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites (LPAC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0532-0543
Mark W TibbittMacromolecular Engineering Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4917-7187

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Temporary protective coatings are widely used in modern production processes. Yet, while highly desirable, their high-resolution printing and stimuli-responsive removal remain challenging. To address this need, we introduce acrylate-based photopolymerized and photoreversible protective films that can be applied using aerosol jet printing. The acrylate films were formulated using aqueous solutions of a photocleavable diacrylate cross-linker and acrylated macromers. To form films, the precursor solution was cured with 405 nm light for 120 s. The films were subsequently removed via photodegradation upon exposure to 365 nm light within minutes to hours depending on film thickness and light intensity. The addition of a polyethyleneimine-based adhesion promoter, Lupasol WF, led to significant improvement of adhesion to industry-relevant surfaces. Quantification using a rheometer in extensional mode showed a fracture energy of the films 3.25x higher than without the adhesion promoter. The protective films were applied using aerosol jet printing, enabling a feature resolution below 30 µm and a spatially selective treatment of metallic surfaces with Paris oxide. These results demonstrate how photopolymerized and photoreversible polymer networks enable temporary protective coatings in industry-relevant applications.

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AcrylatesPolymersPrintingLightPhotochemical ProcessesPolymerizationSurface PropertiesAcrylatesPolymersadhesioncoatingsphotoreversible polymersprinting

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PMID42608774
PMCPMC13681341

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