Abstract
Three-dimensional printing (3DP) technology has attracted interest in various fields of applications. However, most of the previous studies are focusing on additive printing or developing new printable materials to functionalize the printed structures. Those approaches obviously have shown great performance, but still have no solution to functionalize original printing materials that are supplied by printer suppliers. In this study, we report a feasible method to fabricate three-dimensional printed micro-containers (MCs) coated with Ni-Au core-shell nanowires (NWs) that have multifunctional properties. The surfaces of the polymer-based micro-containers are modified with thiol groups. Then Ni-Au nanowires are directly attached without further treatment. Our approach expands direct applications of polymeric 3DP materials to biomedical and pharmaceutical technology as a utilized platform for functional nanostructures.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e201600887 |
| Journal | Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science |
| Volume | 214 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 Jun 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors acknowledge Dr. Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub and his SMART MASDAR Laboratory (Sustainable Materials for Advanced and Revolutionary Technologies at Masdar) team for the technical support of the 3DP technology. This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (2014M3A7B4052193 and 2015R1A2A1A15053002).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Keywords
- 3D printing
- core-shell nanowire
- micro-container
- nanowire coating
- surface modification
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Surfaces and Interfaces
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Materials Chemistry