Cellulose-based eco-friendly and more durable 3D printer filament polymer

Polyethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate was shown to be a recyclable, inexpensive and highly solvent-resistant polymer suitable for 3D printing. Russian researchers from the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia) have developed a sustainable way to 3D print using polymer made from cellulose. This polymer is recyclable, inexpensive and highly solvent-resistant, unlike the standard polymers used for 3D printing. The results of their research were published in the journal Angewandte Chemie. Polyethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate (PEF) has been developed entirely from biomass and was successfully printed in a commercially available 3D printer. PEF is resistant to dichloromethane, one of the most aggressive solvents. Due to the high...