3D Printing of Polymer Composite Materials—Advances in Materials and Processes
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 620
Special Issue Editor
Interests: 3D printing; additive manufacturing; polymer processing; biocompatible polymers; computational modeling
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Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing technologies for polymeric materials are continuing to evolve at a rapid rate and can be credited with new product functionality, improved performance, reduced cost, and higher levels of sustainability. It can also be said that new additive methods have democratized manufacturing and bolstered generative design processes by enabling the table-top manufacturing of specialized components by companies of any size. A collective examination of the state of the art can, therefore, be extremely beneficial in tracking advances in additive manufacturing across a myriad of industries.
This Special Issue will assemble studies focusing on experimental and computational research pertaining to the 3D printing of polymeric materials. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Material development including composites and 4D printing using shape memory polymers;
- Process optimization in filament, liquid, and powder-based techniques;
- The design of target properties;
- Processing–property effects;
- Creation of functionally graded materials;
- Machine learning;
- Novel post-processing methods;
In recognition of your contributions to these fields, I would like to invite you to support this Special Issue by submitting a paper. This Special Issue will serve the scientific and industrial communities by presenting up-to-date research in an area of vital scientific, industrial, and environmental importance.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Fazeel Khan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- 3D printing
- additive manufacturing
- polymer processing
- biocompatible polymers
- computational modeling
- shape memory polymers
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