Advances in 3D Printing Technologies: Design, Manufacturing, and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 892
Special Issue Editors
Interests: 3D printing; digital design; biomedical engineering
Interests: 3D printing; biomaterials; lattice structures
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is a creative and magic manufacturing method to form complex components. 3D printing is a new manufacturing technology developed based on the concept of "discrete-stacking" additive manufacturing. Compared with the subtractive manufacturing, 3D printing has many advantages, including infinite structural design space, infinite material design space, and powerful complex structural manufacturing capabilities. Common materials for 3D printing include metal, resin, ceramic, and composite. Common processes for 3D printing include Powder Bed Fusion (PBF), Direct Energy Deposition (DED), Stereolithography (SLA), Digital Light Processing (DLP), Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM), etc.
The Special Issue called “Advances in 3D Printing Technologies: Design, Manufacturing, and Applications” offers a platform for researchers to share the cutting-edge research. The Special Issue covers all aspects of 3D printing technology, especially serving for mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering, including design and simulation for 3D printing, materials and processes for 3D printing, quality and detection for 3D printing, etc.
Dr. Chenchen Tian
Dr. Yi Lu
Prof. Dr. Quanquan Han
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 3D printing
- additive manufacturing
- design and optimization
- modeling and simulation
- material and process
- quality and detection
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