Advanced Manufacturing Technologies: From Material Jetting to 3D Printing
A special issue of Technologies (ISSN 2227-7080). This special issue belongs to the section "Innovations in Materials Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 221
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microfabrication; electrochemistry; surface treatments; additive manufacturing
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Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is one of the most groundbreaking technologies developed in the last few decades. Its main concept is the creation of complex objects in a layer-by-layer fashion following a digital model. Unlike traditional subtractive methods, which typically remove material from a solid block, additive manufacturing adds material only where needed, reducing waste significantly. This technology allows for the production of complex geometries that would be difficult or impossible to achieve using conventional methods. Thanks to its flexibility, customization and on-demand production capabilities, it constitutes one of the main pillars of Industry 5.0.
In addition to 3D printing, many other technologies have the potential to significantly contribute to the advancement of manufacturing processes. These include, for example, material jetting techniques like inkjet printing or aerosol printing, based on the controlled deposition of materials in the form of fluids. Thanks to their precision, scalability and optimal material usage, material jetting represents one of the most promising approaches for sustainable production in a wide variety of industrial fields, such as microelectronics, sensors, optics, bioengineering, etc. Furthermore, material jetting techniques represent the ideal candidate for potential synergies with 3D printing processes, giving rise to highly efficient and versatile hybrid approaches.
Starting from these considerations, this Special Issue serves as a comprehensive platform for presenting and discussing cutting-edge advances in this promising topic. It is open to both original research articles able to advance knowledge on a wide variety of advanced manufacturing technologies and to reviews meant to take stock of state-of-the-art literature.
A list of the possible topics, though not exhaustive, includes the following:
- Three-dimensional printing/material jetting of soft and biomaterials;
- Additive manufacturing/material jetting for electronics and metamaterials;
- New materials for 3D printing (metals, composites, hard materials, ceramics, etc.);
- Additive manufacturing/material jetting for batteries and energy storage;
- Printing process monitoring and in situ characterization;
- Multi-material 3D printing;
- Integration of material jetting processes and 3D printing technologies;
- Metallization for 3D printing;
- Three-dimensional printing for microfabrication;
- Numerical and finite element modelling of additive manufacturing processes.
Dr. Roberto Bernasconi
Dr. Prisca Viviani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 3D printing
- additive manufacturing
- Industry 4.0
- process development
- process integration
- numerical modelling
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