Fused Deposition Modeling: Innovative Materials, Manufacturing Procedures, Characterization, and Mechanical Properties
A special issue of Macromol (ISSN 2673-6209).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 497
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymeric and composite materials; manufacturing and compounding processes; innovative plastics filled with natural fibers; mechanical properties; rheological properties; thermal properties; 3D printing; ageing and degradation phenomena; tribology and wear
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Dear Colleagues,
The world market of 3D printing of polymers is growing at a very fast pace with an annual increase perspective of 26% between 2020 and 2024. Among the various 3D printing techniques, Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) is the most common because it is generally simple, cheap, makes use of thermoplastic polymers and enables the manufacturing of products characterized by complex shapes and a high degree of customization. All these advantages have made this technology particularly interesting and widely used in many fields, e.g., tissue engineering and drug delivery. On the other hand, considering the application of FDM for scaffold production in tissue engineering, the use of FDM for the manufacture of certain natural tissues is still affected by several drawbacks, such as the lack of adequate mechanical properties that maintain sufficient porosity to allow cell migration and nutrient diffusion.
The possible solution to these problems may come from carefully balancing the material properties with the optimization of the numerous processing and geometrical parameters that are typical of FDM, such as melt and hot plate temperature, printing speed, infill, and the number and thickness of layers. This complexity becomes further aggravated by the absence of clear testing standards that are valid for characterizing parts obtained with FDM.
The aim of this Special Issue is thus to focus on the mechanical properties of FDM components, their characterization, and possible applications in various fields of research. Original and review articles are warmly welcome.
Dr. Valentina Mazzanti
Dr. Francesco Mollica
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Fused Deposition Modeling
- 3D printing
- Thermoplastic polymers
- Modeling
- Processing parameters
- Mechanical properties
- Testing
- Materials
- Scaffold
- Tissue engineering
- Drug delivery devices
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