bioPrint: A Liquid Deposition Printing System for Natural Actuators
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Author(s)
Yao, Lining
Ou, Jifei
Wang, Guanyun
Cheng, Chin-Yi
Wang, Wen
Steiner, Helene
Ishii, Hiroshi
Date Issued
December 2015
Journal
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Citation
Yao, Lining et al. “bioPrint: A Liquid Deposition Printing System for Natural Actuators.” 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 2.4 (2015): 168–179. © 2012 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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Final published version
Abstract
This article presents a digital fabrication platform for depositing solution-based natural stimuli-responsive material on a thin flat substrate to create hygromorphic biohybrid films. Bacillus subtilis bacterial spores are deposited in the printing process. The hardware system consists of a progressive cavity pump fluidic dispenser, a numerical control gantry, a cooling fan, a heating bed, an agitation module, and a camera module. The software pipeline includes the design of print patterns, simulation of resulting material transformations, and communication with computer hardware. The hardware and software systems are highly modularized and can therefore be easily reconfigured by the user.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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https://doi.org/10.1089/3dp.2015.0033
