Future Prospects of Additive Manufacturing, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "D3: 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 March 2026 | Viewed by 1
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Interests: additive manufacturing; metals and alloys; metal–matrix composite; microstructure and mechanical properties
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Interests: additive manufacturing; laser powder bed fusion; sintering; titanium alloys; nickel superalloys; aluminum alloys; corrosion behavior; surface treatment; porous structure; mechanical property; microstructure
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Dear Colleagues,
Manufacturing has always been an industry driven by innovation and technological evolution. In the last four decades, additive manufacturing has revolutionized the manufacturing industry by the rapid prototyping of geometrically complex parts without costly tooling or long lead times. Today, it is fair to say that understanding the future of additive manufacturing is key to getting to grips with the latest trends in manufacturing.
This Special Issue aims to explore the prospects of various additive manufacturing techniques, as well as their innovative applications in aerospace, marine, automobile, healthcare, sustainability, and more. The main focus is on novel techniques and materials for additive manufacturing, microstructure evolution, and the properties of additively manufactured components, process optimization, machine learning assistance, online monitoring and feedback, multi-scale and multi-physics simulations, topology optimization, industrial-scale additive manufacturing, etc. We look forward to receiving your contributions to this Special Issue entitled “Future Prospects of Additive Manufacturing, 2nd Edition” with original research work, review articles, and short communications.
Prof. Dr. Haiyang Fan
Dr. Jincheng Wang
Dr. Youqing Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dedicated materials for additive manufacturing
- post-processing technologies
- topological design for additive manufacturing
- multi-scale and multi-physics simulations
- online real-time quality monitoring in additive manufacturing
- 3D bioprinting
- hybrid additive manufacturing
- multi-material additive manufacturing
- field-assisted additive manufacturing
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