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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2020
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Howard S. Tom, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lihua Zhao, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Krzysztof Nauka, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yan Zhao, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hou T. Ng, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is drawn to material sets for 3D printing and methods of 3D printing. The material set can include a coalescent an organic-soluble near-infrared dye having a peak absorption wavelength from 800 nm to 1400 nm. The coalescent ink can also include water and an organic co-solvent. The material set can also include a particulate polymer formulated to coalesce when contacted by the coalescent ink and irradiated by a near-infrared energy having the peak absorption wavelength.