Multi-Material Thermoplastic Additive Manufacturing: Interfaces, Architectured Structures and Performance
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 18
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Interests: polymer composites; coatings; composite micromechanics; mechanical/thermal/dynamic-mechanical/electrical/optical properties
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Interests: additive printing; injection; polymer and polymer composites; material charactrization; FEM simulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The aim of this Special Issue is to gather cutting-edge research and critical reviews, with a particular emphasis on process–structure–interface–property–performance relationships and application-driven component design based on multi-material additive manufacturing (MM-AM) across polymers, metals, ceramics, and their combinations.
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Interface formation and characterization;
- Design, manufacture, and performance of multi-material structural and semi-structural components for various applications;
- Process–structure–property–performance relationships in multi-material prints, including residual stresses, distortion, and dimensional stability.
- Mechanical behavior of multi-material parts under monotonic, cyclic, impact, crash, and thermo-mechanical loading
- Modelling and simulation of multi-material components, including interfacial mechanics, graded architecture, and multi-scale and multi-physics approaches.
- Environmental durability, including thermal cycling, moisture, UV exposure, and aging of dissimilar-material joints.
- Data-driven or digital twin approaches for MM-AM process and structure control.
Application domains of interest range from automotive and aerospace to energy, biomedical devices, wearables, and consumer devices. By integrating fundamental research and application-oriented demonstrations, this Special Issue aims to identify the next frontiers of multi-material additive manufacturing.
Prof. Dr. Dana Luca Motoc
Dr. Santiago Ferrándiz-Bou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- multi-material additive manufacturing (MM-AM)
- architectured structures
- process–structure–property relationships
- interfaces
- tailored properties: modeling and optimization of multi-material components
- structural and functional applications
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