Affordable Biocidal Ultraviolet Cured Cuprous Oxide Filled Vat Photopolymerization Resin Nanocomposites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties
In this study, Cuprous Oxide (Cu<sub>2</sub>O), known for its mechanism against bacteria, was used as filler to induce biocidal properties on a common commercial resin stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing resin. The aim was to develop nanocomposites suitable for the SLA process with a low...
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author | Markos Petousis Nectarios Vidakis Emmanuel Velidakis John D. Kechagias Constantine N. David Stefanos Papadakis Nikolaos Mountakis |
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description | In this study, Cuprous Oxide (Cu<sub>2</sub>O), known for its mechanism against bacteria, was used as filler to induce biocidal properties on a common commercial resin stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing resin. The aim was to develop nanocomposites suitable for the SLA process with a low-cost process that mimic host defense peptides (HDPs). Such materials have a huge economic and societal influence on the global technological war on illness and exploiting 3D printing characteristics is an additional asset for these materials. Their mechanical performance was also investigated with tensile, flexural, Charpy’s impact, and Vickers microhardness tests. Morphological analysis was performed through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis, while the thermal behavior was studied through Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA). The antibacterial activity of the fabricated nanocomposites was investigated using a screening agar well diffusion method, for a gram-negative and a gram-positive bacterium. Three-dimensional printed nanocomposites exhibited antibacterial performance in all loadings studied, while their mechanical enhancement was approximately 20% even at low filler loadings, revealing a multi-functional performance and a potential of Cuprous Oxide implementation in SLA resin matrices for engineering and medical applications. |
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spelling | doaj.art-abf7daffdeb54bd7bd3588a879fde79d2023-11-24T00:34:17ZengMDPI AGBiomimetics2313-76732022-01-01711210.3390/biomimetics7010012Affordable Biocidal Ultraviolet Cured Cuprous Oxide Filled Vat Photopolymerization Resin Nanocomposites with Enhanced Mechanical PropertiesMarkos Petousis0Nectarios Vidakis1Emmanuel Velidakis2John D. Kechagias3Constantine N. David4Stefanos Papadakis5Nikolaos Mountakis6Mechanical Engineering Department, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, 71410 Heraklion, GreeceMechanical Engineering Department, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, 71410 Heraklion, GreeceMechanical Engineering Department, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, 71410 Heraklion, GreeceGeneral Department, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larissa, GreeceManufacturing Technology & Production Systems Laboratory, School of Engineering, International Hellenic University, Serres Campus, 62124 Serres, GreeceBiology Department, University of Crete, Voutes University Campus, P.O. Box 2208, 70013 Heraklion, GreeceMechanical Engineering Department, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, 71410 Heraklion, GreeceIn this study, Cuprous Oxide (Cu<sub>2</sub>O), known for its mechanism against bacteria, was used as filler to induce biocidal properties on a common commercial resin stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing resin. The aim was to develop nanocomposites suitable for the SLA process with a low-cost process that mimic host defense peptides (HDPs). Such materials have a huge economic and societal influence on the global technological war on illness and exploiting 3D printing characteristics is an additional asset for these materials. Their mechanical performance was also investigated with tensile, flexural, Charpy’s impact, and Vickers microhardness tests. Morphological analysis was performed through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis, while the thermal behavior was studied through Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA). The antibacterial activity of the fabricated nanocomposites was investigated using a screening agar well diffusion method, for a gram-negative and a gram-positive bacterium. Three-dimensional printed nanocomposites exhibited antibacterial performance in all loadings studied, while their mechanical enhancement was approximately 20% even at low filler loadings, revealing a multi-functional performance and a potential of Cuprous Oxide implementation in SLA resin matrices for engineering and medical applications.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/7/1/12stereolithography (SLA)3D printingantibacterialadditive manufacturing (AM)Cuprous Oxideresin |
spellingShingle | Markos Petousis Nectarios Vidakis Emmanuel Velidakis John D. Kechagias Constantine N. David Stefanos Papadakis Nikolaos Mountakis Affordable Biocidal Ultraviolet Cured Cuprous Oxide Filled Vat Photopolymerization Resin Nanocomposites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties Biomimetics stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing antibacterial additive manufacturing (AM) Cuprous Oxide resin |
title | Affordable Biocidal Ultraviolet Cured Cuprous Oxide Filled Vat Photopolymerization Resin Nanocomposites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties |
title_full | Affordable Biocidal Ultraviolet Cured Cuprous Oxide Filled Vat Photopolymerization Resin Nanocomposites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties |
title_fullStr | Affordable Biocidal Ultraviolet Cured Cuprous Oxide Filled Vat Photopolymerization Resin Nanocomposites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties |
title_full_unstemmed | Affordable Biocidal Ultraviolet Cured Cuprous Oxide Filled Vat Photopolymerization Resin Nanocomposites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties |
title_short | Affordable Biocidal Ultraviolet Cured Cuprous Oxide Filled Vat Photopolymerization Resin Nanocomposites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties |
title_sort | affordable biocidal ultraviolet cured cuprous oxide filled vat photopolymerization resin nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical properties |
topic | stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing antibacterial additive manufacturing (AM) Cuprous Oxide resin |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/7/1/12 |
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