Polymer Materials for Application in Additive Manufacturing, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 2142
Special Issue Editor
Interests: thin films and nanotechnology; material characterization; materials; nanomaterials; solar cells; thin film deposition; advanced materials ;conducting polymers hybrid materials; carbon nanomaterials
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Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing (AM) has been a promising technology in various applications, including aeronautics, civil engineering, automotive engineering, and medicine. Compared to traditional subtractive manufacturing, AM enables the automatic fabrication of products or functional components with complex shapes at a low manufacturing cost. Various commercially available AM methods include fused deposition modeling (FDM), inkjet printing (IP), selective laser sintering (SLS), laminated object manufacturing (LOM), and stereolithography (STL). AM solutions are available for several materials, including metals, alloys, ceramics, and polymers. Due to the low cost of fabrication, the use of polymers can vary between cheap substitutes of natural products and high-quality products for many resource-based applications. AM provides a viable manufacturing solution for polymer-based products with a reduced fabrication time and cost. In addition to the many advantages of using polymers as one of the primary AM materials, there are also shortcomings related to the topology, strength, microstructure, bonding, and functionality of polymer-based structures. The particular features, properties, and limitations of polymers in the various AM technologies also vary. The manufacturing and fabrication of components using polymers with sandwich-structured specimens with different material combinations are also growing research areas.
This Special Issue of Polymers aims to cover the state of the art of polymer-based materials in additive manufacturing, with a special emphasis on novel functional polymers. Furthermore, perspectives and critical reviews on current limitations, future directions, and emerging applications in the field are welcome.
Dr. Andrzej Rybak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- fused deposition modeling (FDM)
- fiber reinforcement
- filament improvement
- functional materials
- three-dimensional printing technologies
- structural design
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