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Digital Light Processing (DLP): 3D printing of polymer-based graphene oxide nanocomposites—Efficient antimicrobial material for biomedical devices

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Bacterial infections are one of the major causes of surgical implant inefficiency and failure. Herein, we present a Nanocomposite (NC) produced by the addition of Poly(N-vinyl carbazole)-Graphene Oxide dispersion (PVK-GO) as a nanofiller to a commercial photopolymer acrylate resin and 3D printed as coatings via the Digital Light Processing technique. Characterization and bioassay results against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus confirmed the elevated thermomechanical properties and efficient antibacterial activity of the printed NC-based coatings. The present study demonstrates the fabrication and optimization of a PVK-GO-based NC and its potential utilization as a 3D-printable material for biomedical applications.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from the Governor’s Chair Funds, the University of Tennessee System, and the Center for Materials Processing (CMP)-TCE. Technical support from Malvern Panalytical, Frontier Laboratories, and Quantum Analytics is also acknowledged. Work (or part of this work) was conducted by ORNL’s Center for Nanophase Materials and Sciences by Advincula, Ivanov, and Chen, a US Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA

    Justin P. Edaugal, Erick L. Ribeiro, Emily M. Buckner & Rigoberto C. Advincula

  2. Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (IAMM), The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA

    Justin P. Edaugal, Erick L. Ribeiro, Emily M. Buckner & Rigoberto C. Advincula

  3. Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA

    Justin P. Edaugal, Erick L. Ribeiro, Emily M. Buckner, Jihua Chen, Ilia N. Ivanov & Rigoberto C. Advincula

  4. Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

    Mary K. Mitchell & Melissa Ellermann

  5. Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830, USA

    Xiang Cheng & Rigoberto C. Advincula

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Edaugal, J.P., Ribeiro, E.L., Mitchell, M.K. et al. Digital Light Processing (DLP): 3D printing of polymer-based graphene oxide nanocomposites—Efficient antimicrobial material for biomedical devices. MRS Communications 13, 594–602 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-023-00390-x

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