Resins for Additive Manufacturing, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymers; composites; additive manufacturing; sustainability
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Interests: polymers; composites; additive manufacturing; sustainability
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of liquid resins for additive manufacturing (AM) has increased in recent decades. A significant number of processes are gaining market interest as a means of assisting and enhancing conventional manufacturing processes. AM can be used with a variety of resin chemistries, ranging from acrylates to epoxies, cyanates, and polyurethanes. Three-dimensionally printed resins can be applied in a wide range of fields, including dental, medical, automotive, optoelectronic, microfluidic, aerospace, and robotic fields. Various other characteristics, which sometimes differ from AM productivity, must also be addressed, including thermal resistance, dimensional stability under load, flame retardancy, sterilizability, chemical and abrasion resistance, high precision, flexibility, shape retention, electrostatic discharge properties, etc.
Currently, there is a significant challenge associated with using performing resins to present multifunctionalities, reuse, and recycling. As a result, our community, industry, and academia must conduct further research to exploit the use of new resins that can withstand a precise work environment while also being recyclable at the end of life. At the same time, accurate life cycle analyses are required to obtain a clear picture of their environmental impact.
This Special Issue of Polymers aims to publish both cutting-edge original research studies and professional reviews on the topic of resins for additive manufacturing.
The topical subjects to be addressed include, but are not limited to, the following:
- New blends for LCD/DLP/SLA manufacturing processes;
- 3D-printed resins for tooling and dental and medical applications;
- Recycling research and study of AM resin chemistry;
- Life cycle analysis.
Dr. Claudio Tosto
Prof. Dr. Gianluca Cicala
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- resins
- additive manufacturing
- 3D printing
- polymer blends
- recycling
- LCA
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