scispace - formally typeset
Open AccessJournal ArticleDOI

Polymers for 3D Printing and Customized Additive Manufacturing

Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
Polymers are by far the most utilized class of materials for AM and their design, additives, and processing parameters as they relate to enhancing build speed and improving accuracy, functionality, surface finish, stability, mechanical properties, and porosity are addressed.
Abstract
Additive manufacturing (AM) alias 3D printing translates computer-aided design (CAD) virtual 3D models into physical objects. By digital slicing of CAD, 3D scan, or tomography data, AM builds objects layer by layer without the need for molds or machining. AM enables decentralized fabrication of customized objects on demand by exploiting digital information storage and retrieval via the Internet. The ongoing transition from rapid prototyping to rapid manufacturing prompts new challenges for mechanical engineers and materials scientists alike. Because polymers are by far the most utilized class of materials for AM, this Review focuses on polymer processing and the development of polymers and advanced polymer systems specifically for AM. AM techniques covered include vat photopolymerization (stereolithography), powder bed fusion (SLS), material and binder jetting (inkjet and aerosol 3D printing), sheet lamination (LOM), extrusion (FDM, 3D dispensing, 3D fiber deposition, and 3D plotting), and 3D bioprinting....

read more

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Laser sintering of polymer nanocomposites

TL;DR: In this article, a review of laser sintering polymers with organic and inorganic nanofillers is presented, including key challenges, including dispersion of the nanophase, and methods that have been developed to overcome them.
Book ChapterDOI

Photoactive resin formulations and composites for optical 3D and 4D printing of functional materials and devices

TL;DR: In this paper, the fundamental processes involved in photopolymerization-based 3D printing are introduced and strategies to overcome the aforementioned challenges, such as modification of process parameters, dispersion processes, and surface treatment, are described.
Journal ArticleDOI

Digital light processing 3D printing Kevlar composites based on dual curing resin

TL;DR: In this article, the application of micro-size poly(p-benzoyl-p-phenylenediamine) (Kevlar) fiber in resin for stereolithography was evaluated.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

3D bioprinting of tissues and organs

TL;DR: 3D bioprinting is being applied to regenerative medicine to address the need for tissues and organs suitable for transplantation and developing high-throughput 3D-bioprinted tissue models for research, drug discovery and toxicology.
Journal ArticleDOI

Hydrogels for tissue engineering: scaffold design variables and applications.

TL;DR: Hydrogels are an appealing scaffold material because they are structurally similar to the extracellular matrix of many tissues, can often be processed under relatively mild conditions, and may be delivered in a minimally invasive manner.
Journal ArticleDOI

Nonlinear magic: multiphoton microscopy in the biosciences

TL;DR: Multiphoton microscopy has found a niche in the world of biological imaging as the best noninvasive means of fluorescence microscopy in tissue explants and living animals and its use is now increasing exponentially.
Journal ArticleDOI

Thiol–Ene Click Chemistry

TL;DR: The radical-mediated thiol-ene reaction has all the desirable features of a click reaction, being highly efficient, simple to execute with no side products and proceeding rapidly to high yield.
Journal ArticleDOI

Applications of hybrid organic–inorganic nanocomposites

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a vectorial chemistry approach for the generation of new generations of hybrid materials, which will open a land of promising applications in many areas: optics, electronics, ionics, mechanics, energy, environment, biology, medicine for example as membranes and separation devices, functional smart coatings, fuel and solar cells, catalysts, sensors, etc.
Related Papers (5)