Simultaneous Manufacture of Magnetic and Locally Conductive Millimeter Scale Bifunctional Devices via Single‐Material Projection‐Based Stereolithography

Abstract

The development of projection‐based stereolithography 3D printing techniques has provided a powerful approach to fabricate millimeter scale functional devices with complex structures. However, the current processes face challenges in frequent switching between multiple materials or processes, resulting in low efficiency and accuracy during the fabrication of bifunctional devices. To address these challenges, chemical deposition is utilized to modify graphene nanoplatelets (GNs) with Fe3O4 magnetic particles and incorporate them into the photosensitive resin, resulting in the development of a novel bifunctional printing material with magnetic and locally conductive properties. Furthermore, the localized conductivity of devices is controlled by an electric‐field‐assisted alignment process of the magnetic GNs (mGNs) during the printing process. Herein, this single‐material projection‐based stereolithography allows for the simultaneous fabrication of magnetic and locally conductive millimeter scale bifunctional devices without switching between multiple materials or processes. A magnetically driven circuit switch and signal coding gear are fabricated as demonstrations. This work significantly improves the efficiency and accuracy of fabricating millimeter scale bifunctional devices, thereby facilitating their application in the fabrication of miniaturized and integrated devices.