IP-PDMS photoresin

With a Young’s modulus of 15.3 MPa, the flexible photoresin is about three orders of magnitude more elastic than other 2PP printing materials such as IP-S. Furthermore, IP-PDMS features high flexibility and elastic properties. An evidence for the photoresin’s flexibility is its tensile elongation at break of more than 240 percent. The interplay of these mechanical characteristics paired with its low refractive index, chemical inertness and gas permeability are well-known for standard PDMS.

IP-PDMS comprises all these characteristics and together with the versatility of Nanoscribe’s 3D microfabrication technology and solutions, it promises novel applications and devices in life sciences, microfluidics and micromechanics. Thus, the design and manufacturing of microfluidics with freeform features and the realization of 3D-microstructured functional surfaces in one printing step become possible.