esearchers from the University of Texas at Austin have developed a fast and precise 3D printing method using resins that can seamlessly merge soft and hard properties into a single object using different light colors.
The inspiration behind this breakthrough is the ability of nature to create rigid structures like human bones, surrounded by pliable cartilage. These natural structures are known to have elegant and precise geometric properties.
“What really motivated me and my research group is looking at materials in nature,” Zak Page, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Austin and corresponding author, said in a press release on Monday.
“Nature organically does this in an organic way, combining hard and soft materials without failure at the interface. We wanted to replicate that,” he continued.
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