Additive Manufacturing of Polymers: Materials and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymeric Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2023) | Viewed by 19519
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymer Additive manufacturing technologies open a new way for the production of industrial tools or products, consumer goods, personalized medical devices, and other types of applications. It opens up the field of possibilities and offers new perspectives in many areas. These emerging technologies are disrupting the entire chain, from design to manufacturing up to applications.
Among the different additive manufacturing technologies, those based on polymers represent the largest proportion in volume. This huge interest has resulted in an intensive research effort in both industry and academia, leading to the publication of many scientific papers during the last years. This special issue offers to all the researchers in this area to publish their research work through research papers or their vision through review papers.
The topics covered by this special issue range from polymer materials for additive manufacturing to studies of the process up to applications of additive manufacturing. The topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Novel and specific materials for AM, influence of polymer characteristics
- Structure and microstructure evolution of AM parts, Influence of processing strategies on microstructure
- Optimization of AM processes, process monitoring, and control
- Innovative applications of AM parts e.g. for high temperature or high performance polymers
- 3D Bioprinting, 4D printing, additive manufacturing of multimaterials, composite additive manufacturing
- Medical applications, novel applications of AM
- Innovative AM technologies in aerospace, energy, transport
Prof. Dr. Jeremie Soulestin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- recycling
- functional polymers
- polymer blends
- polymer processing
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