%0 Journal Article
%T Alignment Control of Ferrite-Decorated Nanocarbon Material for 3D Printing.
%A Boonhaijaroen N
%A Sitthi-Amorn P
%A Srituravanich W
%A Suanpong K
%A Ekgasit S
%A Pengprecha S
%J Micromachines (Basel)
%V 15
%N 6
%D 2024 Jun 6
%M 38930733
%F 3.523
%R 10.3390/mi15060763
%X This paper demonstrates the potential of anisotropic 3D printing for alignable carbon nanomaterials. The ferrite-decorated nanocarbon material was synthesized via a sodium solvation process using epichlorohydrin as the coupling agent. Employing a one-pot synthesis approach, the novel material was incorporated into a 3D photopolymer, manipulated, and printed using a low-cost microscale 3D printer, equipped with digital micromirror lithography, monitoring optics, and magnetic actuators. This technique highlights the ability to control the microstructure of 3D-printed objects with sub-micron precision for applications such as microelectrode sensors and microrobot fabrication.