3D printing of multi-metallic microstructures by meniscus-confined electrodeposition

Yutao Wang; Xin Xiong; Bing-Feng Ju; Yuan-Liu Chen

doi:10.1063/5.0076677

3D printing of multi-metallic microstructures by meniscus-confined electrodeposition

Rev Sci Instrum. 2022 Feb 1;93(2):025102. doi: 10.1063/5.0076677.

Authors

Yutao Wang¹, Xin Xiong¹, Bing-Feng Ju¹, Yuan-Liu Chen¹

Affiliation

¹ The State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.

PMID: 35232163
DOI: 10.1063/5.0076677

Abstract

We studied a multi-metallic microscale 3D printing based on the meniscus-confined electrodeposition (MCED). The composition of Cu/Pt alloys can be controlled by applying different bias voltages to the CuSO₄/H₂PtCl₄ mixed solution in MCED. We find that a double-barrel system had higher Cu/Pt alloy purity (maximum 100% Cu or maximum 80% Pt) than a single-barrel system. A Λ-shaped microstructure was printed to verify the capability to multi-metal microstructures in a single printing process.