Singapore Researchers Create Robust 3D Printer Filament 15 Times More Conductive Than Previous Filam
- BY Sandra Helsel
- May 21, 2015
- 1 min read
Source: http://inside3dprinting.com/
(3DPrint.com) — Researchers at Singapore’s A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering are taking conductive 3D printing to the next level. Led by Dr. Johnson Goh, IMRE scientist and head of the Science and Engineering Research Council, the group has reportedly been able to create a filament for 3D printing which is incredibly robust and up to 1,000 times as conductive as other filaments we are all used to printing with. The researchers have also claimed that it’s 15 times more conductive than other known conductive filaments such as that of Protoplant’s.
3D printer filament, which can be printed as conductive traces, could be the spark we need to eventually realize fully functioning 3D printed electronic devices. The A*STAR material works so well that the researchers claim that it’s now faster, safer, and cheaper to print circuits via their filament than to use etching and soldering, while the printed circuits remain incredibly uniform with variations of no more than 5 percent.
