Fabrication of solid materials or films from a polymerizable liquid
AssigneeMolecule CORP
InventorsNick Talken, Austin Wyatt Levy, Zack Kisner, Ken Kisner
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Abstract
The disclosure describes a polymerizable liquid that includes a reactive oligomer and a reactive monomer. The polymerizable liquid is an energy polymerizable liquid hardenable by a single reaction mechanism forming a photoplastic material. The disclosure further describes a method of producing the photoplastic material and articles that can be made from the photoplastic material.
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A method of forming a three-dimensional object from an energy polymerizable liquid, the method comprising:
- mixing together
- a reactive oligomer, the reactive oligomer being a multi-functional oligomer;
- and
- a reactive monofunctional monomer, wherein a molar bond ratio of the reactive ethylenically unsaturated groups of the reactive monofunctional species to the reactive ethylenically unsaturated groups of the reactive multi-functional species is at least 5:1;
- and
- hardening the energy polymerizable liquid to a photoplastic material.
A method of forming a three-dimensional object from an energy polymerizable liquid, the method comprising:
- mixing together
- a reactive oligomer, the reactive oligomer being at least one of (i) a multi-functional methacrylate oligomer, and (ii) a multi-functional acrylate oligomer;
- and
- a reactive monofunctional monomer, the reactive monofunctional monomer being at least one of (i) a monofunctional N-vinyl monomer, (ii) a monofunctional vinyl ether monomer, (iii) a monofunctional vinyl ester monomer, (iv) a monofunctional vinylamide monomer, (v) a styrene monomer, (vi) a monofunctional (meth)acrylamide monomer, (vii) a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, (viii) a cyanoacrylate monomer, (ix) a monofunctional vinyl carbonate monomer, (x) a monofunctional acryloyl monomer, (xi) a monofunctional maleimide monomer, (xii) a monofunctional acrylonitrile monomer, (xiii) a monofunctional 1,3-diene monomer, and (xiv) a monofunctional vinyl carbamate monomer, wherein a molar bond ratio of the reactive ethylenically unsaturated groups of the reactive monofunctional species to the reactive ethylenically unsaturated groups of the reactive multi-functional species is at least 5:1;
- and
- hardening the energy polymerizable liquid to a photoplastic material.
A method of forming a three-dimensional object from an energy polymerizable liquid, the method comprising:
- mixing together
- a reactive oligomer, the reactive oligomer being at least one of (i) a multi-functional methacrylate oligomer, and (ii) a multi-functional acrylate oligomer;
- and
- a reactive monofunctional monomer, the reactive monofunctional monomer being at least one of (i) a monofunctional N-vinyl monomer, (ii) a monofunctional vinyl ether monomer, (iii) a monofunctional vinyl ester monomer, (iv) a monofunctional vinylamide monomer, (v) a styrene monomer, (vi) a monofunctional (meth)acrylamide monomer, (vii) a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer, (viii) a cyanoacrylate monomer, (ix) a monofunctional vinyl carbonate monomer, (x) a monofunctional acryloyl monomer, (xi) a monofunctional maleimide monomer, (xii) a monofunctional acrylonitrile monomer, (xiii) a monofunctional 1,3-diene monomer, and (xiv) a monofunctional vinyl carbamate monomer, wherein a molar bond ratio of the reactive ethylenically unsaturated groups of the reactive monofunctional species to the reactive ethylenically unsaturated groups of the reactive multi-functional species is at least 5:1;
- and
- hardening the energy polymerizable liquid by a single reaction mechanism to a photoplastic material by an apparatus for bottom-up or top-down three dimensional fabrication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.