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Microstructural and Hydrophilic Properties of Polylactide Polymer Samples with Various 3D Printing Patterns

Version 1 : Received: 2 April 2024 / Approved: 2 April 2024 / Online: 3 April 2024 (08:14:01 CEST)

How to cite: Lenshin, A.S.; Frolova, V.E.; Kannykin, S.V.; Domashevskaya, E.P. Microstructural and Hydrophilic Properties of Polylactide Polymer Samples with Various 3D Printing Patterns. Preprints 2024, 2024040234. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0234.v1 Lenshin, A.S.; Frolova, V.E.; Kannykin, S.V.; Domashevskaya, E.P. Microstructural and Hydrophilic Properties of Polylactide Polymer Samples with Various 3D Printing Patterns. Preprints 2024, 2024040234. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0234.v1

Abstract

The aim of the work is to study the effect of the 3D printing process on the microstructural and hydrophilic properties of polylactic acid (PLA) samples with various model printing patterns obtained from the black Filament PLA by sequentially applying polymer layers using the FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) method. X-ray phase analysis revealed partial crystallization of PLA polymer chains in printed samples, which occurs under thermal and mechanical action on the original amorphous PLA filament during 3D printing to varying degrees, depending on the geometry of the pattern and the morphology of its surface. At the same time, IR spectroscopy data indicate the preservation of all intrastructural chemical bonds of polylactide. Measured at the original installation, the values of the wetting edge angles on the surface of the printed samples are in the range φ = 50-60°, which is significantly less than the right angle. This indicates the hydrophilic properties of all samples’ surface. At the same time, the influence of different geometries of model drawings in printed samples was found not only on the morphology of the samples’ surface according to SEM data, but also on its wettability.

Keywords

polylactide (Polylactic Acid-PLA); 3D printing model drawings; X-ray phase state; partial crystallization; stable phase of ᾳ-Poly(L-lactide); IR spectra; surface wetting

Subject

Physical Sciences, Applied Physics

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