Ink jetting of thermo-reversible Diels-Alder networks

This thesis aimed to investigate the possibility to use 'click' chemistry for 3D printing applications. Using this chemistry, one material may click together at lower temperature, leading to a solid material. At the same time these reversible bonds holding the network together can be broken bij heating the material up to higher temperatures, reducing the material back to a liquid. This allows us to remove or reshape the printed object or layers easily, and thus to recycle it back for a new round of printing.