Scientists, including Cluster Alumna Tugce Nur Eren, Doctoral Researcher Jonathan L. G. Schneider, Postdoctoral Researcher Florian Feist, and PIs Martin Wegener, Jens Bauer, and Christopher Barner-Kowollik, have developed a single-component resin for 3D microprinting that enables structures with a wide range of mechanical properties in a single step. Unlike conventional resins, it does not require photoinitiators or additional crosslinkers. By adjusting laser power and scan speed, both very soft and flexible structures and very stiff and rigid structures can be produced. This breakthrough opens new opportunities in soft robotics, microfluidics and biofabrication.
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