Effect of Filler Content on Mechanical Properties of Blue Light-Cured Resin Composites Using Fab@Home

Effect of filler content on

mechanical properties of

blue light-cured resin

composites using

Fab@home 3D printer

Zhouyi Fang 25386077

Supervisors: Dr. Andrey Molotnikov, Prof. George Simon and

Prof. Yuri Estrin

2015/10/30

Table of contents

1.

Abstract ............................................................................................................................. 2

2.

Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 3

2.1

2.2

Overview of Fab@home 3D printer ........................................................................... 3

2.3

Structure and specification of Fab@home 3D printer ............................................... 4

2.4

3.

Introduction of 3D printing ........................................................................................ 3

Printing materials ....................................................................................................... 6

Literature review ............................................................................................................... 8

3.1

The effect of filler content on the mechanical properties of resin composites ........ 8

3.2

The effect of exposure time on light-cured composites .......................................... 12

4.

Objectives of research ..................................................................................................... 12

5.

Experimental techniques ................................................................................................. 13

5.1

5.2

Optical microscopy ................................................................................................... 15

5.3

Tensile test ............................................................................................................... 15

5.4

6.

Printing specimens using Fab@home 3D printer...