Abstract: A photocurable composition includes a photopolymerizable component and a photopolymerization initiator. When a test piece with 39 mm length, 8 mm width, and 4 mm thickness, is produced by photofabrication under conditions in which the photocurable composition is irradiated with visible light having 405 nm wavelength at 12 mJ/cm2 irradiation dose to form a cured layer with 100 m thickness, the cured layer is stacked in a thickness direction thereof to form a rectangular fabrication product with 39 mm length, 8 mm width, and 4 mm thickness, and the fabrication product is irradiated with ultraviolet rays having 365 nm wavelength at 10 J/cm2 irradiation dose to produce the test piece, a total fracture work of the test piece measured in compliance with ISO20795-1:2008 is 1100 J/m2 or more.

Abstract: Liquid radiation curable compositions are disclosed which are suitable for hybrid (i.e. cationic and free-radical) polymerization when processed via additive fabrication equipment utilizing sources of actinic radiation with peak spectral intensities in the UV/vis region. According to one aspect, the compositions possess a first photoinitiator that is an iodonium salt of a non-fluorinated borate anion. According to another aspect, the composition is substantially devoid of a Norrish Type I and/or Type II photoinitiator. Also disclosed are methods of creating three-dimensional parts via additive fabrication processes utilizing sources of actinic radiation with peak spectral intensities in the UV/vis region employing liquid radiation curable compositions suitable for hybrid polymerization, and the parts cured therefrom.

Abstract: The invention relates to radiation-treated reinforcement fibers, reinforced asphalt and portland cement concrete, and grout, methods for producing the same and application for their use. The radiation treatment includes exposing reinforcement fibers to electromagnetic energy, e.g., gamma rays, and/or electron-beam (E-beam) radiation. As a result of the treatment, the radiation-treated reinforcement fibers have a modified or deformed surface, e.g., an abraded and/or porous surface, as compared to reinforcement fibers without a radiation treatment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for making wear and oxidation resistant polymeric materials by high temperature melting. The invention also provides methods of making medical implants containing cross-linked antioxidant-containing tough and ductile polymers and materials used therewith also are provided.

Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to polymerization and producing polymers and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, systems, and compositions for producing articles using three-dimensional printing and for improving control of polymerization using a polymerization photoinhibitor having fast back reaction kinetics such as hexaarylbiimidazole compounds and bridged hexaarylbiimidazole compounds.

Abstract: Provided herein according to some embodiments is a dual cure additive manufacturing resin, comprising: (i) a light polymerizable component, (ii) a photoinitiator, (iii) a heat polymerizable component, and (iv) a non-reactive diluent, which resin is useful for the production of three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing. Methods of using the same are also provided.

Abstract: The invention is directed to latent metathesis-active resin compositions and additive manufacturing approaches. The latent metathesis-active compositions comprise at least one latent metathesis catalyst, at least one curable metathesis-active monomer, and optional fillers, photosensitizers, and/or a secondary monomer resin system for dual-cure. A method comprises extruding a latent metathesis-active resin from a dispensing apparatus and spatially triggering a ring-opening metathesis polymerization by directed irradiation with light or directed application of a thermal stimuli for direct-ink write printing of objects. Another method uses a latent metathesis-active resin for vat photopolymerization and stereolithographic printing of objects.

Abstract: Matrix-filled liquid radiation curable resin compositions for additive fabrication are described and claimed. Such resins include a cationically polymerizable component that is an aliphatic epoxide, a multifunctional (meth)acrylate component, a cationic photoinitiator, a free-radical photoinitiator, and a matrix of inorganic fillers, wherein the matrix further constitutes prescribed ratios of at least one microparticle constituent and at least one nanoparticle constituent. Also described and claimed is a process for using the matrix-filled liquid radiation curable resins for additive fabrication to create three dimensional parts, and the three-dimensional parts made from the liquid radiation curable resins for additive fabrication.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photocurable material composition having a cured product which has both deflection temperature under load of 40° C. or more and Charpy impact strength (with a notch) of 20 kJ/m2 or more after ultraviolet irradiation and the cured product thereof. The photocurable material composition comprises at least a monofunctional acrylate having a five-membered ring containing an ether bond and a polycarbonate resin soluble in the monofunctional acrylate, wherein the content of the monofunctional acrylate having a five-membered ring containing an ether bond is 18% by weight to 80% by weight and the content of the polycarbonate resin is 10% by weight to 40% by weight.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass compositions containing a latent organo-ruthenium carbide catalyst, a photoactive acid generator or a thermally active acid generator and a photoactive compound along with one or more monomers which undergo ring open metathesis polymerization (ROMP) when said composition is exposed to a suitable radiation (or heat) to form a three-dimensional (3D) object. The three-dimensional objects made by this process exhibits improved mechanical properties, particularly, high distortion temperature, impact strength, elongation to break, among others. Accordingly, compositions of this invention are useful as 3D inkjet materials for forming high impact strength objects of various sizes with microscale features lower than 100 microns, among various other uses.

Abstract: A photocurable composition includes a photopolymerizable component and a photopolymerization initiator, in which a diluted solution (D1) obtained by diluting the photocurable composition with ethanol such that the content of ethanol is 99% by mass would satisfy the following Condition (X): the transmittance at at least one wavelength within the wavelength range of from 365 nm to 405 nm, measured at an optical path length of 1 cm, is from 1.0% to 70.0%.

Abstract: A photocurable composition which has excellent storage stability and is cured rapidly in bonding an opaque material, and a product. The photocurable composition contains (A) a compound having an unsaturated double bond, (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the general formulae (1), (2), and (3), and (C) a sensitizer. In the general formulae (1), (2), and (3), R1 to R3 are each independently a substituent containing at least one group selected from the group consisting of a nitro group, a cyano group, a hydroxy group, an acetyl group, a carbonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted allyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aryloxy group, a heterocyclic ring structure-containing group, and a group having a plurality of rings.

Abstract: Additive manufacturing processes, such as powder bed fusion of thermoplastic particulates, may be employed to form printed objects in a range of shapes. Formation of printed objects having various colors may sometimes be desirable. Thermoplastic particulates incorporating a color-changing material capable of forming different colors under specified activation conditions may impart different colors to a printed object. Such particulate compositions may comprise a plurality of thermoplastic particulates comprising a thermoplastic polymer and a color-changing material associated with the thermoplastic particulates, wherein the color-changing material is photochromic and thermochromic. Conjugated diynes, such as 10,12-pentacosadiynoic acid or a derivative thereof, may be particularly suitable color-changing materials having photochromic and thermochromic properties for forming a range of colors upon a printed object.

Abstract: Photolatent olefin metathesis catalysts can be used in combination with metathesis-active monomers or resins for photopolymerization-based additive manufacturing via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). A variety of alternative catalysts and photosensitizers are commercially available that allows for tuning of thermomechanical properties, potlifes, activation rates, and irradiation wavelengths. As an example, two optimized catalyst/photosensitizer systems were demonstrated in the rapid stereolithographic printing of complex, multidimensional poly-dicyclopentadiene structures with microscale features under ambient conditions.

Abstract: Reversibly crosslinkable polymeric networks, including reversibly crosslinkable hydrogel networks are provided. Also provided are methods of making the polymeric networks and methods of using the hydrogel networks in tissue engineering applications. The reversibly crosslinkable polymeric networks are composed of polymer chains that are covalently crosslinked by azobenzene boronic ester bonds that can be reversibly formed and broken by exposing the polymeric networks to different wavelengths of light.

Abstract: Provided herein is a resin product useful for the production of three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing, and methods using the same. The resin may include a reactive blocked prepolymer comprising a prepolymer blocked with reactive blocking groups; a polyol; a photoinitiator; and at least one organometallic catalyst. A packaged product useful for the production of three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing, the product comprising a single container having a single chamber and a resin in the chamber with all components mixed together, is also provided.

Abstract: A resin composition includes a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer. When the resin composition is cured with an ultraviolet light and loaded a shear force of about 2,000 Pa, the difference between the shear strain of the cured resin composition about 5 seconds after the loading and a shear strain of the cured resin composition about 300 seconds after the loading is less than about 5% A shear strain of the cured resin composition about 30 seconds after the shear force is removed from the cured resin composition is less than about 2%.

Abstract: To provide a curable composition that is readily modeled with low viscosity and excellent curing capability in modeling by stereolithography, and provides a cured article excellent in toughness and water resistance, and a resin composition for stereolithography prepared therefrom. To provide a resin composition for stereolithography that is favorable particularly for a dental mouthpiece and a denture base material. A curable composition containing 79.0 to 99.0% by mass of a polymerizable monomer (a), 0.1 to 10.0% by mass of a photopolymerization initiator (b), and 0.01 to 20.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thoroughly modified, functionalized polymeric hard coating material represented by one of the following formulae for a bendable, transparent and photo/thermal curable coating film: [R1RaSiO3/2]??Formula (1); [R1R2RaSiO3/2]??Formula (2). This invention further relates to the synthetic method and application of the thoroughly modified, functionalized polymeric hard coating material. The thoroughly modified, functionalized polymeric hard coating material-containing composition for a coating exhibits higher surface hardness of at least 6H on flexible substrates, higher surface hardness of at least 9H on rigid substrates, and a certain degree of flexibility, with potential properties such as a light transparency of at least 85% and/or an antimicrobial effectiveness of at least 99%, and/or anti-scratch ability.

Abstract: There is provided a resin composition for a modeling material, used for shaping a modeling material by a manufacturing method for light curing molding using an ink-jet scheme, comprising (A) an ethylenic unsaturated monomer as a photocuring component, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, and (C) a surface adjusting agent, wherein the resin composition for a modeling material has surface tension Mt of 26.0 to 33.0 mN/m, and the resin composition for a modeling material has surface tension Mst represented by the following (i) expression of 33.0 mN/m or more, and this resin composition for a modeling material 4a can afford a light cured article having the good dimensional accuracy.