Advancements and Applications in Polymeric 3D Printing

Dear colleagues,

The application of polymeric 3D printing or additive manufacturing (AM) for scientific and industrial applications is rapidly increasing and, simultaneously, interest in printable smart materials is also increasing. This technology allows for an easy transfer from the design to the fabrication of a part.

Significant challenges are emerging and driving current research and development. The first is to improve the printing resolution by exploiting mechanical, chemical, or physical tools without affecting the yield and the printing time. Addressing smart functional materials suitable for specific customized applications is another challenge. Inter alia, the combination of nanomaterials and polymers offers new possibilities for printing objects that are characterized by peculiar thermal, electrical, mechanical, and optical properties.

Accordingly, this Special Issue will showcase research papers and review articles outlining recent progress and innovative approaches for polymeric 3D printing, defined in terms of functional materials synthesis and processing, their exploitation or integration into devices, microstructures, microsensors and composites for different application fields, improvement in 3D Printing technologies and design methodologies or optimizations of the same. Development and descriptions of subsequent miniaturized devices and systems (MEMS, microsensors, microfluidics, and devices for different application fields like energy, bio, environment, etc.) obtained through polymeric 3D printing are welcome and strongly encouraged.

Dr. Matteo Cocuzza
Dr. Simone Luigi Marasso
Guest Editors

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