Direct 3D Printing of Catalytically Active Structures

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2017-01-01
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Manzano, J. Sebastian
Weinstein, Zachary
Sadow, Aaron
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Slowing, Igor
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Ames National Laboratory

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3D printing of materials with active functional groups can provide customdesigned structures that promote chemical conversions. Herein, catalytically active architectures were produced by photopolymerizing bifunctional molecules using a commercial stereolithographic 3D printer. Functionalities in the monomers included a polymerizable vinyl group to assemble the 3D structures and a secondary group to provide them with active sites. The 3D-printed architectures containing accessible carboxylic acid, amine, and copper carboxylate functionalities were catalytically active for the Mannich, aldol, and Huisgen cycloaddition reactions, respectively. The functional groups in the 3D-printed structures were also amenable to post-printing chemical modification. As proof of principle, chemically active cuvette adaptors were 3D printed and used to measure in situ the kinetics of a heterogeneously catalyzed Mannich reaction in a conventional solution spectrophotometer. In addition, 3D-printed millifluidic devices with catalytically active copper carboxylate complexes were used to promote azidealkyne cycloaddition under flow conditions. The importance of controlling the 3D architecture of the millifluidic devices was evidenced by enhancing reaction conversion upon increasing the complexity of the 3D prints.

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This article is published as Manzano, J. Sebastián, Zachary B. Weinstein, Aaron D. Sadow, and Igor I. Slowing. "Direct 3D Printing of Catalytically Active Structures." (2017). 10.1021/acscatal.7b02111. Posted with permission.

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