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ProfessorJulianJones

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Materials

Professor of Biomaterials
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 6749julian.r.jones

 
 
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207GoldsmithSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Young:2023:10.1016/j.mtadv.2023.100344,
author = {Young, G and Tallia, F and Clark, J and Chellappan, M and Gavalda-Diaz, O and Alcocer, E and Ferreira, S and Rankin, S and Clark, J and Hanna, J and Jeffers, J and Jones, J},
doi = {10.1016/j.mtadv.2023.100344},
journal = {Materials Today Advances},
pages = {1--9},
title = {Hybrid materials with continuous mechanical property gradients that can be 3D printed},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtadv.2023.100344},
volume = {17},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Here, we show tough materials with continuous composition and stiffness gradients, without interfaces between regions, using inorganic/organic hybrid materials that can also be 3Dprinted. Sol-gel hybrid materials have interacting and interpenetrating organic and inorganic co-networks and can deliver a synergy of the properties of those constituents. Their mechanical behaviour can be tuned through inorganic/organic content and cross-linkingdensity. We describe hybrids of covalently linked silica-poly(tetrahydrofuran) (SiO 2 /PTHF) that show an unprecedented range of mechanical properties. SiO2 /PTHF hybrids were formed with different silica contents, producing materials ranging from elastomeric to glassy, with a compressive stiffness at 10% strain of between 2 and 200 MPa: at an SiO 2 content of 9 wt.%, hybrids show a failure stress in compression of 8 MPa, at 70% strain, and in tension of 2 MPa at 80% strain. Gradual sol-gel gelation was employed to generate monoliths with composition and stiffness gradients without visible joins or points of weakness, and for the development of ‘inks’ for additive manufacturing of 3D structures through direct ink writing. Monoliths with gradients were at least as strong, in tension and compression, as those made by casting a single sol. Cytocompatible materials with seamless stiffness gradients will have many applications: one is biomimicry of natural cartilaginous structures of the body, such as the intervertebral disc, which has a natural radial stiffness gradient.
AU  - Young,G
AU  - Tallia,F
AU  - Clark,J
AU  - Chellappan,M
AU  - Gavalda-Diaz,O
AU  - Alcocer,E
AU  - Ferreira,S
AU  - Rankin,S
AU  - Clark,J
AU  - Hanna,J
AU  - Jeffers,J
AU  - Jones,J
DO  - 10.1016/j.mtadv.2023.100344
EP  - 9
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 2590-0498
SP  - 1
TI  - Hybrid materials with continuous mechanical property gradients that can be 3D printed
T2  - Materials Today Advances
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtadv.2023.100344
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590049823000048
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/101289
VL  - 17
ER  -
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