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Research Progress of 3D Printing Silicone Rubber Materials

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Innovative Technologies for Printing, Packaging and Digital Media (CACPP 2023)

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The rapid development of 3D printing technology and a series of polymer materials has made people’s daily life more convenient. 3D printing technology uses computer control to achieve fine, customized on-demand printing, which is not only resource-saving but also flexible and efficient. Silicone rubber is a polymeric silicone elastomer with a Si-O-Si bond in the main chain and an organic group in the side chain, which has high elasticity, high and low temperature resistance, aging resistance and excellent biocompatibility, and has been widely used in various fields such as biomedical, aerospace, mechanical engineering, and optoelectronic materials. Combining 3D printing technology with silicone rubber materials can not only broaden the scope of 3D printing technology, but also make better use of silicone rubber materials to provide convenience in daily life. This study mainly discusses the current development status of 3D printing silicone rubber materials and the future development direction.

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This research was supported by the Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication R&D Project-Research on Pressure Sensing Antibacterial Polyester Urethral Stent (Ee202207), Innovation projects in incubating technology enterprises-Study on the cell compatibility of new cerebrovascular drug-eluting stent (2021-F-057), Education Reform Project of Beijing Higher Education Association: An Exploration of Teaching Reform centered on the cultivation of Students’ Creative ability under the concept of Universal Printing (MS2022178).

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    Yan Li, Kun Hu, Yanglan Pei, Zongwen Yang, Lu Han & Luhai Li

  2. Department of Dental Materials, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China

    Yongxiang Xu

  3. Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Yen Wei

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Li, Y. et al. (2024). Research Progress of 3D Printing Silicone Rubber Materials. In: Song, H., Xu, M., Yang, L., Zhang, L., Yan, S. (eds) Innovative Technologies for Printing, Packaging and Digital Media. CACPP 2023. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1144. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9955-2_16

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