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    Experimental investigations on metallization in the surface modified additively manufactured plastic substrates using DC sputtering
    (Sage Publications Ltd, 2024) Aktitiz, Ismail; Daricik, Fatih; Aydin, Alkim; Aydin, Kadir
    The application of copper surface coating to plastic structures offers numerous advantages, including high thermal and electrical conductivity, improved mechanical properties, good corrosion resistance, decorative applications, and enhancements in working temperatures. Besides these advantages, producing plastic structures with 3D printing and applying surface coating enables the final structures to become functional plastic structures adaptable to different fields. In this study, 3D plastic structures were produced using the fused deposition modeling method. Pristine, dichloromethane dipping, dichloromethane vapor, cold oxygen plasma, and mechanical abrasion surface treatments were applied to determine the optimal surface treatment between copper and the plastic substrate before copper coating. Subsequently, copper coating on plastic structures was completed using the DC sputtering technique. The surface topography, optical, electrical, and structural properties of the produced plastic structures were examined. According to X-ray diffraction analysis results, the (111), (200), (220), and (311) crystal planes confirm the presence of copper. The electrical conductivity values of the plastic structures reached 7.87 x 105 S/m. Contact angle measurement results indicate that the applied surface treatments increased the contact angles to 88.309 degrees, leading the coated plastic structures to exhibit a more hydrophobic behavior.
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    Failure of surface modification 3D printed polymer materials by UV/ozone irradiation
    (Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2023) Korkut, Volkan; Daricik, Fatih; Aktitiz, Ismail; Aydin, Kadir
    In today's technology, AM processes are widely adopted in the aerospace, energy, automotive, medicine, and agriculture industries. Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is one of the most remarkable methods in the AM family because of its superiorities. Besides the advantages pro-vided, the mechanical strength of the printed parts is still not at a satisfactory level. Here, there are various secondary processes applied to polymer materials to improve both the mechanical properties and functionality of the printed part. Among these processes, the UV/O3 surface treatment method stands out as the most suitable one in terms of ease of application. In this study, two different infill orientation angles were applied to two standard test models. The fabrication process was initiated using suitable process parameters for filaments made of Polylactic Acid (PLA) and Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) materials. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the mechanical strength of 3D printed polymer structures. For the same purpose, the UV/O3 (UV/Ozone) process was applied to the manufactured samples. The samples are then subjected to tensile and compression tests, Shore surface hardness measurements and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analyze for both the evaluation of mechanical properties and the examination of fracture surface structures. Consequently, significant increases of 28.33%, 25.21%, 27.90%, and 32.92% were observed in material surface hardness levels. This study is important in terms of presenting that the mechanical properties of 3D printed parts can be significantly improved with UV/O3 application, which is an effective and a practical process.
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    Metallization of 3D Printed Polylactic Acid Polymer Structures via Radio-Frequency Sputtering
    (Springer, 2025) Aktitiz, Ismail; Daricik, Fatih; Aydin, Alkim; Aydin, Kadir
    The metallization of polymer structures eliminates disadvantages such as low electrical conductivity, undesirable mechanical properties, degradation under different environmental conditions such as UV radiation and humidity, and poor thermal properties, thereby enabling the achievement of more functional polymer structures. 3D printing provides production flexibility by allowing the manufacture of polymer, ceramic, metal, and composite materials with any level of complexity and intricacy. This study aims to investigate the improvement of the drawbacks associated with polymers, by combining the advantages of polymers and metals through 3D printing and surface modification. The newly acquired features will offer researchers and users significant freedom in various applications. Polylactic acid was used to additively manufacture the polymer structures by using fused deposition modeling. Subsequently, the surfaces of polymer structures were subjected to surface treatment methods: as-printed, dichloromethane dipping, dichloromethane vapor, cold oxygen plasma, and sandpaper. The metallization process was completed using the RF sputtering technique with aluminum as the target material. To examine the morphological, structural, optical, and electrical properties of the metalized structures, various analyses were conducted, including scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy analysis, atomic force microscopy, x-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis, ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared (UV-VIS-NIR) analysis, contact angle measurement, ellipsometry analysis, and electrical resistance measurement. The results showed improvements in surface roughness due to the applied surface treatments. EDX and XRD analyses confirmed the presence of aluminum in the polymer structure. Electrical conductivity values of 0.32 x 106 S m-1 were achieved at a thickness of 1000 nm. Contact angles increased up to 91.728 degrees.
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    Morphological, mechanical, magnetic, and thermal properties of 3D printed functional polymeric structures modified with Fe2O3 nanoparticles
    (Wiley, 2021) Aktitiz, Ismail; Delibas, Hulusi; Topcu, Alparslan; Aydin, Kadir
    The Fe2O3 nanoparticle structures, which have many application areas such as electronics, marine, and aviation, have been studying extensively due to the compliance between organic polymer and inorganic Fe2O3 nanoparticles. Nanocomposite structures are successfully produced in the desired complexity with the additive manufacturing method. In the current study, Fe2O3 nanoparticles were doped into the photocurable resin at different concentrations (pristine, 0.25%, 0.5%, and 1% in wt), and the prepared 3D polymer nanocomposite mixtures were printed via stereolithography method. To investigate the morphological, mechanical, magnetic, and thermal properties of the printed nanocomposite structures, scanning electron microscopy, hardness, vibrating sample magnetometer, thermogravimetric analysis, and differential scanning calorimeter analysis were performed, respectively. It was revealed that the Fe2O3 nanoparticles improved the thermal stability of the structures. Moreover, an increase in magnetic properties has been observed up to 459%.