3D Printing is Pretty Cool July 12-14

So currently I am running experiments with two different hydrogel/polymer mixtures that can be 3D printed. The current applications for the main hydrogel I’m working with include pesticides and there is a potential skin care application because the cool thing about the hydrogel is that it is what we call “reverse temperature responsive” this is essentially that when the hydrogel is exposed to warm temperatures (body temp is enough) it stiffens while it becomes very fluid when exposed to cold temperatures (not sure the range, 4-17 C is still fluid). This is counter to the normal because most hydrogels are stiff at cold temp and fluid at high temp. 

"3D printing makes Becca happy" 

"Crap hands" with the hand motions is how we talk about this structure in lab lol

A quick video of printing