Photochemically activated 3D printing inks: current status, challenges, and opportunities

SC Gauci, A Vranic, E Blasco, S Bräse… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D printing with light is enabled by the photochemistry underpinning it. Without fine
control over the ability to photochemically gate covalent bond formation by the light at a …

Novel monomers for photopolymer networks

H Lai, X Peng, L Li, D Zhu, P **ao - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Photopolymerization technology to transform monomers into polymer network materials has
been widely applied to enable various conventional and emerging applications such as …

X-ray-activated polymerization expanding the frontiers of deep-tissue hydrogel formation

H Zhang, B Tang, B Zhang, K Huang, S Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Photo-crosslinking polymerization stands as a fundamental pillar in the domains of
chemistry, biology, and medicine. Yet, prevailing strategies heavily rely on ultraviolet/visible …

Action plots in action: in-depth insights into photochemical reactivity

IM Irshadeen, SL Walden, M Wegener… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Predicting wavelength-dependent photochemical reactivity is challenging. Herein, we revive
the well-established tool of measuring action spectra and adapt the technique to map …

Photochemical action plots reveal the fundamental mismatch between absorptivity and photochemical reactivity

SL Walden, JA Carroll, AN Unterreiner… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last years, the authors' laboratory has employed monochromatic tuneable laser
systems to reveal a fundamental mismatch between the absorptivity of a chromophore and …

Visible and near-infrared light-induced photoclick reactions

Y Fu, NA Simeth, W Szymanski… - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Photoclick reactions combine the advantages offered by light-driven processes, that is, non-
invasive and high spatiotemporal control, with classical click chemistry and have found …

Wavelength-selective light-matter interactions in polymer science

P Lu, D Ahn, R Yunis, L Delafresnaye, N Corrigan… - Matter, 2021 - cell.com
Light has emerged as a prominent stimulus to both generate and manipulate polymeric
materials across multiple length scales. Compared with other external stimuli, light-mediated …

Thermoreversible [2+ 2] Photodimers of Monothiomaleimides and Intrinsically Recyclable Covalent Networks Thereof

M Aljuaid, Y Chang, DM Haddleton… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of intrinsically recyclable cross-linked materials remains challenged by the
inherently unfavorable chemical equilibrium that dictates the efficiency of the reversible …

Wavelength‐selective softening of hydrogel networks

JL Pelloth, PA Tran, A Walther… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photoresponsive hydrogels hold key potential in advanced biomedical applications
including tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and drug delivery, as well as intricately …

Wavelength‐orthogonal stiffening of hydrogel networks with visible light

VX Truong, J Bachmann, AN Unterreiner… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we introduce the wavelength‐orthogonal crosslinking of hydrogel networks using
two red‐shifted chromophores, ie acrylpyerene (AP, λactivation= 410–490 nm) and …