Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Materials & Chemicals
Materials Chemicals
Additive Manufacturing With Curable Compositions
WARF: P190276US02

Inventors: Andrew Boydston, Chang-Uk Lee


The Invention
Methods for additive manufacturing are provided. In embodiments, such a method comprises illuminating a photothermal base with light, the photothermal base comprising a photothermal material and mounted in an additive manufacturing system to form a first interface between a surface of the photothermal base and a curable composition comprising thermally curable components, wherein the light induces light-to-energy conversion in the photothermal base to generate heat at the first interface, thereby inducing curing of the thermally curable components to form a first cured region. Additive manufacturing systems and photothermal bases are also provided.
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