Non-toxic flexible photopolymers for medical stereolithography technology

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-47

  Bens, Arthur ^a   Seitz, Hermann ^a   Bermes, Günter ^a   Emons, Moritz ^a   Pansky, Andreas ^b   Roitzheim, Barbara ^b   Tobiasch, Edda ^b   Tille, Carsten ^a  

^a CENTER OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH CAESAR   (Germany)

^b BONN RHEIN SIEG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties of materials; Polymers; Resins

Indexed keywords

LITHOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; PROCESS CONTROL; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

COMPOSITION PARAMETERS; SOFT ENGINEERING; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY;

PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 33846295537     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540710719208     Document Type: Article

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