The Science and Technology of 3D Printing

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to invite you to submit a manuscript on the science and technology of additive manufacturing/3D printing for a Special Issue of Materials. Submissions may focus on novel scientific or technological aspects of 3D printing processes or part attributes. Topics of interest include but are not limited to novel design for 3D printing; new applications of 3D printing processes; alloy design; 3D printing of single crystals; tailoring microstructure; customized mechanical and chemical properties; improved creep resistance, fatigue life, and serviceability; micro- and mesoscale defects; residual stresses and distortion; applications of mechanistic and statistical modeling; and machine learning in 3D printing. The scope of this Special Issue also includes all 3D printing processes for alloys, ceramics, and polymers. The categories of paper types that will be considered include technical papers, short communications, perspectives, and reviews. The length of reviews will depend on topics but will be decided by prior agreement with the editors.

The contents must be original unpublished work that have not been submitted for publication elsewhere.

Please review the guide for authors at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/instructions.

Articles should be submitted to the MDPI submission system which will be available at starting 23 February, 2020 and will remain open until 31 May, 2021. Please select the Special Issue name of “The Science and Technology of 3D printing” as the article type during submission.

Papers will appear online as they are accepted. It is anticipated that the completed Special Issue will appear in the spring of 2021.

Details on this Special Issue can also be found at [https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/tdp20].

We look forward to working with you in the publication of this Special Issue. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Dr. Tuhin Mukherjee
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.