Additive Manufacturing of Polymer Materials: Processes, Multimaterial Systems, Qualification and Sustainability
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 52
Special Issue Editor
Interests: topics related to elastomers; additive manufacturing of polymers; composite materials; 3D printing; 4D printing; mechanical properties and design
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will address the full breadth of polymer additive manufacturing (AM), from neat polymers to reinforced, filled, and hybrid systems. We welcome articles that present advances spanning material extrusion (FFF/FDM), vat photopolymerization (SLA/DLP/2PP), powder bed fusion (SLS/MJF/HSS), material jetting, direct ink writing, and large-format and micro-/nano-printing. The scope of this Special Issue includes feedstock engineering (filaments, resins, powders, inks), rheology–printability links, interlayer bonding, crystallization/residual stress, porosity/defect control, process–structure–property relationships, and DfAM for lattices, graded and multi-material parts (including polymer–ceramic/metal hybrids and continuous-fiber reinforcement). We invite work on in situ monitoring, CT/NDE and metrology, digital twins, process modelling/CFD/FE, AI/ML optimization and control, and post-processing (curing, annealing, surface finishing, sterilization). Application domains include biomed/implants, soft robotics, wearable/printed electronics, energy devices, aerospace/automotive, and construction, as well as recycled/reprocessable feedstocks, powder aging/reuse, low-VOC/biobased chemistries, designs for repair/disassembly, LCA and techno-economic assessments, and emerging qualification/standards frameworks. We welcome experimental, computational, and review papers that enable reliable, scalable, and circular polymer AM.
Dr. Hany Hassanin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer AM
- FFF/FDM
- SLA/DLP/2PP
- SLS/MJF/HSS
- rheology and printability
- interlayer welding
- multimaterial and 4D printing
- in-situ monitoring and metrology
- digital twin & ML
- recyclable/reprocessable feedstocks
- DfAM
- qualification and standards
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