Back to results
US 12,473,254 B2Granted
Photocurable polymer compositions
AssigneesVirginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC
InventorsJoel Pollino, Kermit S. Kwan, Timothy Long, Christopher Williams, Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Cody Weyhrich
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention relates to relates to a polymer formulation for three-dimensionally (3D) printing an article by stereolithography, the formulation comprising a functionalized polymer. The invention further relates to lithographic methods to form 3D objects that incorporate the aforementioned polymer formulation.
Claims17
A polymer formulation (F) comprising, based on the total weight of the formulation (F):
- from 1 to 50 wt. %, based on the total weight of F, of at least one poly(aryl ethersulfone) (PAES) polymer (P) comprising at least one terminal group of formula (M1) or (M2):
- wherein
- R2 is H or CH3,
- X is a bond or (CH2)n with n ranging from 1 to 20, and
- wherein the number average molecular weight (Mn) of the polymer (P) is of more than 12,000 g/mol, as determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) using methylene chloride as a mobile phase and polystyrene standards,
- at least one polyfunctional acrylate,
- at least one solvent,
- optionally at least one photoinitiator, and
- optionally at least one blocker,
- wherein
- wherein the polyfunctional acrylate is according to formula (I):
- wherein
- R3 is H or an alkyl having 1 to 5 carbon atoms,
- R4 is according to formula (II):
- where n varies between 0 and 10;
- or
- wherein the polyfunctional acrylate is selected from the group consisting of trimethylolpropane propoxytriacrylate, pentaerythritol triacrylate (PETA), glyceryl propoxytriacrylate (GPTA), di(trimethylolpropane) tetraacrylate, glycerol propoxylate triacrylate, pentaerythritol tetraacrylate, 1,3,5-triacryloylhexahydro-1,3,5-triazine, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, tris[2-(acryloyloxy)ethyl]isocyanurate, and mixtures thereof.
14 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.