Study of the Wear Resistance of Conductive Poly Lactic Acid Monofilament 3D Printed onto Polyethylene Terephthalate Woven Materials

Prisca Aude Eutionnat-Diffo, Yan Chen, Jinping Guan, Aurelie Cayla, Christine Campagne, Vincent Nierstrasz

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Abstract

Wear resistance of conductive Poly Lactic Acid monofilament 3D printed onto textiles, through Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) process and their electrical conductivity after abrasion are important to consider in the development of smart textiles with preserved mechanical and electrical properties. The study aims at investigating the weight loss after abrasion and end point of such materials, understanding the influence of the textile properties and 3D printing process parameters and studying the impact of the abrasion process on the electrical conductivity property of the 3D printed conductive polymers onto textiles. The effects of the 3D printing process and the printing parameters on the structural properties of textiles, such as the thickness of the conductive Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) 3D printed onto polyethylene terephthalate (PET) textile and the average pore sizes of its surface are also investigated. Findings demonstrate that the textile properties, such as the pattern and the process settings, for instance, the printing bed temperature, impact significantly the abrasion resistance of 3D printed conductive Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) onto PET woven textiles. Due to the higher capacity of the surface structure and stronger fiber-to-fiber cohesion, the 3D printed conductive polymer deposited onto textiles through Fused Deposition Modeling process have a higher abrasion resistance and lower weight loss after abrasion compared to the original fabrics. After printing the mean pore size, localized at the surface of the 3D-printed PLA onto PET textiles, is five to eight times smaller than the one of the pores localized at the surface of the PET fabrics prior to 3D printing. Finally, the abrasion process did considerably impact the electrical conductivity of 3D printed conductive PLA onto PET fabric.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2334
Number of pages17
JournalMaterials
Volume13
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 May 2020
Externally publishedYes

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© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Funding

Funding: This work was financially supported by the Erasmus Mundus Joint-Doctorate Programme SMDTex Sustainable Management and Design for Textile (Grant Number n◦ 532704-EM-5-2017-1-FR-ERA).

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Erasmus Mundus Joint-Doctorate Programme SMDTex Sustainable Management and Design for Textile532704-EM-5-2017-1-FR-ERA

    Keywords

    • 3D printing
    • Abrasion and electrical conductivity
    • Fused deposition modeling (FDM)
    • Poly lactic acid (PLA) monofilament
    • Polyethylene terephthalate woven fabric (PET)

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • Condensed Matter Physics

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