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Mechanical and Structural Properties of Polyhydroxybutyrate as Additive in Blend Material in Additive Manufacturing for Medical Applications

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2023

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Today, additive manufacturing (AM) is considered one of the vital tenets of the industry 4.0 revolution due to its high productivity, decentralized production and rapid prototyping. This work aims to study the mechanical and structural properties of polyhydroxybutyrate as an additive in blend materials and its potential in medical applications. PHB/PUA blend resins were formulated with 0 wt.%, 6 wt.%, 12 wt.% and 18 wt.% of PHB concentration. Stereolithography or an SLA 3D printing technique were used to evaluate the printability of the PHB/PUA blend resins. Additionally, from FESEM analysis, a change was observed in PUA’s microstructure, with an additional number of voids spotted. Furthermore, from XRD analysis, as PHB concentration increased, the crystallinity index (CI) also increased. This indicates the brittleness properties of the materials, which correlated to the weak performance of the tensile and impact properties. Next, the effect of PHB loading concentration within PHB/PUA blends and aging duration towards the mechanical performance of tensile and impact properties was also studied by using analysis of variance (ANOVA) with a two-way method. Finally, 12 wt.% of PHB/PUA was selected to 3D print the finger splint due to its characteristics, which are compatible to be used in finger bone fracture recovery.

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Volume 15 Issue 8

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additive manufacturing; stereolithography (SLA); polyurethane acrylate; polyhydroxybutyrate; medical application

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Zainuddin, M.Z.; Abu Bakar, A.A.; Adam, A.N.; Abdullah, S.M.; Tamchek, N.; Alauddin, M.S.; Mahat, M.M.;Wiwatcharagoses, N.; Alforidi, A.; Ghazali, M.I.M. Mechanical and Structural Properties of Polyhydroxybutyrate as Additive in BlendMaterial in Additive Manufacturing forMedical Applications. Polymers 2023, 15, 1849. https://doi.org/10.3390/ polym15081849

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