Synthetic Polymers for 3D Printing

Dear Colleagues, 

Three-dimensional (3D) printing has emerged as a versatile and innovative technology. It holds many opportunities for improving the efficiency of manufacturing processes. With cost-effective manufacturing for high productivity, 3D printing has become a leading manufacturing technology for various applications. The technology enables the fabrication of very complex shapes or geometries with high adjustability and resolution that would otherwise be impossible to construct by hand, including hollow parts or internal truss structures to reduce weight parts. This Special Issue aims to highlight the most popular academic research and industrial and commercial developments of synthetic polymers that have applications in medicine, education, architecture, etc. It also aims to explore emerging challenges and opportunities ranging from new developments of polymeric materials and 3D printing processes to new simulation and design tools and informative applications and case studies. Reports of fundamental scientific investigations are welcome, as are articles correlated to the practical applications of 3D-printed polymers in healthcare and pharmaceuticals. Both experimental and theoretical work is of interest, and theoretical papers should generally include a comparison of predictions with experimental data.

Prof. Dr. Shih-Jung (Sean) Liu
Guest Editor

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