Green light vat‐photopolymerisation for 3D printing hydrogels with complex lattice structures
Author(s)
Kalossaka, Livia M
Mohammed, Ali A
Bastos, Laura
Barter, Laura MC
Myant, Connor W
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Moving beyond UV curing systems opens new potential application spacessuch as biological, portable printing solutions, as well as innovative chemistriesand material properties. A novel visible light printer is proposed for the first timeusing green Digital Light Processing (gDLP) at a wavelength of 514 nm. GreenLED lights are integrated into a commercial desktop DLP printer to 3D printhydrogels with complex designs at high resolution. A workflow process is pre-sented to develop and optimize formulations for gDLP, resulting in two novel in-house photoresin formulations made specifically for green light printing. Theseformulations comprise PEGDA 700 with and without acrylamide, using a type IIphotoinitiating system of Eosin Y, triethylamine, and N-vinylpyrrolidone. Thephotoresins are optimized to achieve highly vascularized lattice prints by mod-ulating layer light exposure, chemical components, and photoinitiator concen-trations. The gDLP successfully printed hydrogels with a layer height of 50 𝛍mand feature dimensions as small as 0.3 mm by adjusting light duration per layer.3D printed hydrogels using both formulations are tested for varying designcomplexity, including ISO/ASTM standards, and evaluated with optical imag-ing, SEM, and mechanical testing. This study highlights gDLP technology’s po-tential for diverse applications in tissue engineering and sustainable materials.
Date Issued
2025-10-07
Date Acceptance
2025-07-01
Citation
Advanced Materials Technologies, 2025, 10 (19)
ISSN
2365-709X
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
Advanced Materials Technologies
Volume
10
Issue
19
Copyright Statement
© 2025 The Author(s). Advanced Materials Technologies published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
License URL
Identifier
10.1002/admt.202500090
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
e00090
Date Publish Online
2025-07-01