Martin J. Pospisil

TL;DR: A novel concept for welding 3D-printed thermoplastic interfaces using intense localized heating of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by microwave irradiation is reported, which opens up entirely new design spaces for additive manufacturing and also yields new insight into the coupling between dielectric properties and radio frequency field response for nanomaterial networks.

TL;DR: The first-ever report of radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic heating of polymer nanocomposite materials via direct-contact and capacitively coupled electric field applicators and results show that lap shear joints cured faster with the RF method compared with control samples cured in an oven because of the heat-transfer advantages of directly heating the epoxy composite.

TL;DR: In this article, the rapid heating ability of laser-induced graphene (LIG) in response to radio frequency (RF) fields was investigated, where graphitic structures were produced from various industrially pre-manufactured graphitic materials.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate the radio frequency (RF) response of three pre-pregs, unidirectional carbon fiber/epoxy, [0/90] weave carbon fiber-epoxy and CNT/epoxide.

TL;DR: In this paper, a noncontact RF applicator was used to generate an electric field through a carbon-black-loaded adhesive, which then volumetrically heats and cures the adhesive that bonds two plastic substrates.