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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2018 Feb 23;57(9):2353-2356. doi: 10.1002/anie.201710951. Epub 2018 Jan 16.

All-in-One Cellulose Nanocrystals for 3D Printing of Nanocomposite Hydrogels.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Jieping Wang, Annalisa Chiappone, Ignazio Roppolo, Feng Shao, Erika Fantino, Massimo Lorusso, Daniel Rentsch, Kurt Dietliker, Candido Fabrizio Pirri, Hansjörg Grützmacher

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland.
  2. Center for Sustainable Futures, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Corso Trento, 21, 10129, Torino, Italy.
  3. DISAT, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 21, 10129, Torino, Italy.
  4. Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland.
  5. EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
  6. Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), Sun Yat-Sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China.

PMID: 29266601 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201710951

Abstract

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) with >2000 photoactive groups on each can act as highly efficient initiators for radical polymerizations, cross-linkers, as well as covalently embedded nanofillers for nanocomposite hydrogels. This is achieved by a simple and reliable method for surface modification of CNCs with a photoactive bis(acyl)phosphane oxide derivative. Shape-persistent and free-standing 3D structured objects were printed with a mono-functional methacrylate, showing a superior swelling capacity and improved mechanical properties.

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Keywords: 3D printing; cellulose nanocrystals; hydrogels; nanocomposites; photoinitiators

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