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  • Review
  • Open Access
72 Citations
11,454 Views
33 Pages

3D Printing Technologies in Biosensors Production: Recent Developments

  • Giulia Remaggi,
  • Alessandro Zaccarelli and
  • Lisa Elviri

Recent advances in 3D printing technologies and materials have enabled rapid development of innovative sensors for applications in different aspects of human life. Various 3D printing technologies have been adopted to fabricate biosensors or some of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,182 Views
22 Pages

Recent Progress of Printing Technologies for High-Efficient Organic Solar Cells

  • Zihao Xia,
  • Ting Cai,
  • Xiangguo Li,
  • Qian Zhang,
  • Jing Shuai and
  • Shenghua Liu

9 January 2023

Organic solar cells (OSCs), as a renewable energy technology that converts solar energy into electricity, have exhibited great application potential. With the rapid development of novel materials and device structures, the power conversion efficiency...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,012 Views
15 Pages

16 January 2019

Today the process of transition to a new technological order has become evident to everyone, especially in developed countries. One of the most urgent areas for ensuring the long-term competitiveness of industrial enterprises is the development of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,271 Views
14 Pages

Adhesion of Varnish Coatings as a Background for Analogue and Digital Printing Technologies

  • Maciej Tokarczyk,
  • Barbara Lis,
  • Emilia Adela Salca and
  • Tomasz Krystofiak

29 December 2023

In analogue and digital printing technologies, from 3 up to 12 layers of lacquer products are applied. Technological parameters significantly influence the adhesion in the coating system. This article refers to the analysis of the influence of select...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,730 Views
17 Pages

The Evaluation of the Trueness of Dental Mastercasts Obtained through Different 3D Printing Technologies

  • Lucian Toma Ciocan,
  • Vlad Gabriel Vasilescu,
  • Mihaela Pantea,
  • Silviu Mirel Pițuru,
  • Marina Imre,
  • Alexandra Ripszky Totan and
  • Florin Octavian Froimovici

In contemporary dentistry, several 3D printing techniques, including a stereolithography apparatus (SLA), digital light processing (DLP), liquid crystal display (LCD), and PolyJet 3D inkjet printing technology (PolyJet), are employed for model produc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
146 Citations
19,192 Views
29 Pages

A Review of 3D Printing Technology in Pharmaceutics: Technology and Applications, Now and Future

  • Shanshan Wang,
  • Xuejun Chen,
  • Xiaolu Han,
  • Xiaoxuan Hong,
  • Xiang Li,
  • Hui Zhang,
  • Meng Li,
  • Zengming Wang and
  • Aiping Zheng

Three-dimensional printing technology, also called additive manufacturing technology, is used to prepare personalized 3D-printed drugs through computer-aided model design. In recent years, the use of 3D printing technology in the pharmaceutical field...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,584 Views
16 Pages

29 June 2017

The technology of three-dimensional (3D) printing was commercialized in the late 1980s. Since then, the development of this technology has been dramatically increasing. Moreover, 3D printing technology has been used in many different fields, such as...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,482 Views
14 Pages

A Review on the Application of 3D Printing Technology in Pavement Maintenance

  • Fangyuan Gong,
  • Xuejiao Cheng,
  • Qinghua Wang,
  • Yi Chen,
  • Zhanping You and
  • Yu Liu

5 April 2023

To examine the application and significance of 3D printing technology in pavement maintenance engineering, a review of the current developments in principles, types, materials, and equipment for 3D printing was conducted. A comparison and analysis of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,883 Views
14 Pages

Exploring the Potential of 3D Printing Technology in Landscape Design Process

  • Suyeon Kim,
  • Yeeun Shin,
  • Jinsil Park,
  • Sang-Woo Lee and
  • Kyungjin An

4 March 2021

Advances in 3D printing technology are giving rise to attempts to utilize the technology in various fields, including landscape design. However, exploring the potential of 3D printing technology has been largely neglected in the context of landscape...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,261 Views
7 Pages

Inorganic Printed LEDs for Wearable Technology

  • James Claypole,
  • Alex Holder,
  • Caitlin McCall,
  • Amy Winters,
  • William Ray and
  • Tim Claypole

: A new form of inorganic printed electronics has been developed that allows for high speed production of solid-state lighting on flexible substrates. Light emitting diodes (LED) become more efficient as their size is decreased. However, the difficul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,504 Views
37 Pages

6 September 2024

This article discusses special additive technologies, with a particular focus on the innovative binder jetting technology used to create three-dimensional objects. The theoretical part of this article defines the production process–its shortcom...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,931 Views
12 Pages

Systematic Literature Review: 3D Printing Technology for Sustainable Construction Innovation

  • Sofa Lailatul Marifah,
  • Utamy Sukmayu Saputri and
  • Dio Damas Permadi

15 September 2025

Using systematic literature observations, this study explains how 3D printing technology is being applied to innovative sustainable construction (Systematic Literature Review). Additive manufacturing, also referred to as 3D printing technology, has g...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,946 Views
23 Pages

A Review on the Full Chain Application of 3D Printing Technology in Precision Medicine

  • Shenglin Wu,
  • Jinbin Zeng,
  • Haoxin Li,
  • Chongyang Han,
  • Weibin Wu,
  • Wenyi Zeng and
  • Luxin Tang

6 June 2023

Personalized precision medicine is a new direction for medical development, and advanced manufacturing technology can provide effective support for the development of personalized precision medicine. Based on the layered accumulation manufacturing pr...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,205 Views
5 Pages

Aerosol/Ink Jet Printing Technology for High-Temperature MEMS Sensors

  • Alexey A. Vasiliev,
  • Anton V. Nisan and
  • Nikolay N. Samotaev

In this work we present the results on the application of additive technology that is aerosol and ink jet technique for the fabrication of high-temperature metal oxide gas sensors. The application of thin (12 μm) alumina membrane, aerosol jet printin...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,932 Views
13 Pages

Polymers in Technologies of Additive and Inkjet Printing of Dosage Formulations

  • Evgenia V. Blynskaya,
  • Sergey V. Tishkov,
  • Konstantin V. Alekseev,
  • Alexandre A. Vetcher,
  • Anna I. Marakhova and
  • Dovlet T. Rejepov

22 June 2022

Technologies for obtaining dosage formulations (DF) for personalized therapy are currently being developed in the field of inkjet (2D) and 3D printing, which allows for the creation of DF using various methods, depending on the properties of pharmace...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,571 Views
46 Pages

The 3D Printing of Flexible Materials: Technologies, Materials, and Challenges

  • Suyun Li,
  • Zengqin Shi,
  • Yixuan Wang,
  • Wenqing Wang and
  • Rujie He

2 December 2025

Due to their unique functional properties, such as deformability, bendability, stretchability, and even biocompatibility, sensing, or actuation, flexible materials have become an indispensable and crucial component in electronic systems such as weara...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,599 Views
20 Pages

Rapid Prototyping Technologies: 3D Printing Applied in Medicine

  • Małgorzata Oleksy,
  • Klaudia Dynarowicz and
  • David Aebisher

Three-dimensional printing technology has been used for more than three decades in many industries, including the automotive and aerospace industries. So far, the use of this technology in medicine has been limited only to 3D printing of anatomical m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
316 Citations
47,570 Views
23 Pages

Advancements and Limitations in 3D Printing Materials and Technologies: A Critical Review

  • Syed Fouzan Iftekar,
  • Abdul Aabid,
  • Adibah Amir and
  • Muneer Baig

30 May 2023

3D printing has revolutionized various industries by enabling the production of complex designs and shapes. Recently, the potential of new materials in 3D printing has led to an exponential increase in the technology’s applications. However, de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,606 Views
23 Pages

3D Printing as a Multimodal STEM Learning Technology: A Survey Study in Second Chance Schools

  • Despina Radiopoulou,
  • Antreas Kantaros,
  • Theodore Ganetsos and
  • Paraskevi Zacharia

This study explores the integration of 3D printing technology by adult learners in Greek Second Chance Schools (SCS), institutions designed to address Early School Leaving and promote Lifelong Learning. Grounded in constructivist and experiential lea...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,907 Views
32 Pages

Flexible Strain Sensors Based on Printing Technology: Conductive Inks, Substrates, Printability, and Applications

  • Xue Qi,
  • Jingjing Luo,
  • Haipeng Liu,
  • Shuheng Fan,
  • Zhongqi Ren,
  • Peike Wang,
  • Suzhu Yu and
  • Jun Wei

4 May 2025

Printing technology has revolutionized manufacturing by enabling high-volume, multipurpose, low-cost production with minimal environmental impact. This advancement has led to the integration of flexible electronic devices, such as displays, actuators...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,701 Views
15 Pages

Aerosol Jet Printing and Interconnection Technologies on Additive Manufactured Substrates

  • Kai Werum,
  • Ernst Mueller,
  • Juergen Keck,
  • Jonas Jaeger,
  • Tim Horter,
  • Kerstin Glaeser,
  • Sascha Buschkamp,
  • Maximilian Barth,
  • Wolfgang Eberhardt and
  • André Zimmermann

Nowadays, digital printing technologies such as inkjet and aerosol jet printing are gaining more importance since they have proven to be suitable for the assembly of complex microsystems. This also applies to medical technology applications like hear...

  • Review
  • Open Access
55 Citations
12,488 Views
27 Pages

Dental Materials Applied to 3D and 4D Printing Technologies: A Review

  • HongXin Cai,
  • Xiaotong Xu,
  • Xinyue Lu,
  • Menghua Zhao,
  • Qi Jia,
  • Heng-Bo Jiang and
  • Jae-Sung Kwon

22 May 2023

As computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technologies have matured, three-dimensional (3D) printing materials suitable for dentistry have attracted considerable research interest, owing to their high efficiency and low cost...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,132 Views
17 Pages

Carbon Fiber 3D Printing: Technologies and Performance—A Brief Review

  • Gabriele Marabello,
  • Chiara Borsellino and
  • Guido Di Bella

24 November 2023

Additive manufacturing is evolving in the direction of carbon fiber 3D printing, a technology that combines the versatility of three-dimensional printing with the exceptional properties of carbon fiber. This work aims to provide a brief review of the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
148 Citations
17,197 Views
28 Pages

3D Printing Technologies in Personalized Medicine, Nanomedicines, and Biopharmaceuticals

  • Dolores R. Serrano,
  • Aytug Kara,
  • Iván Yuste,
  • Francis C. Luciano,
  • Baris Ongoren,
  • Brayan J. Anaya,
  • Gracia Molina,
  • Laura Diez,
  • Bianca I. Ramirez and
  • Aikaterini Lalatsa
  • + 4 authors

3D printing technologies enable medicine customization adapted to patients’ needs. There are several 3D printing techniques available, but majority of dosage forms and medical devices are printed using nozzle-based extrusion, laser-writing syst...

  • Review
  • Open Access
107 Citations
11,151 Views
19 Pages

23 May 2020

3D printing technology, which greatly simplifies the manufacturing of complex parts by a two-dimensional layer-upon-layer process, has flourished in recent years. As one of the most advanced technology, polymer powder 3D printing has many advantages...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,323 Views
8 Pages

Comparison of Activation Methods for 3D-Printed Electrodes for Microbial Electrochemical Technologies

  • Raúl M. Alonso,
  • Isabel San Martín,
  • Antonio Morán and
  • Adrián Escapa

28 December 2021

Three-dimensional printing could provide flexibility in the design of a new generation of electrodes to be used in microbial electrochemical technologies (MET). In this work, we demonstrate the feasibility of using polylactic acid (PLA)/graphene&mdas...

  • Review
  • Open Access
89 Citations
15,331 Views
32 Pages

4D Printing: Materials, Technologies, and Future Applications in the Biomedical Field

  • Ankur Bajpai,
  • Anna Baigent,
  • Sakshika Raghav,
  • Conchúr Ó. Brádaigh,
  • Vasileios Koutsos and
  • Norbert Radacsi

19 December 2020

4D printing can be defined as the fabrication of structures using smart materials that allow the final object to change its shape, properties, or function in response to an external stimulus such as light, heat, or moisture. The available technologie...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,932 Views
19 Pages

Three-Dimensional Printing Technologies in Oral Films Manufacturing—A Minireview

  • Emma Adriana Ozon,
  • Iulian Sarbu,
  • Violeta Popovici,
  • Mirela Adriana Mitu,
  • Adina Magdalena Musuc,
  • Oana Karampelas and
  • Bruno Stefan Velescu

3 September 2023

The interest in buccal drug delivery is under consideration due to some distinct properties compared to the traditional pharmaceutical formulations for oral administration: significantly higher bioavailability, a faster absorption rate of the drug, a...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
7,186 Views
24 Pages

Three-Dimensional Printing for Cancer Applications: Research Landscape and Technologies

  • Ruixiu Li,
  • Yu-Huan Ting,
  • Souha H. Youssef,
  • Yunmei Song and
  • Sanjay Garg

10 August 2021

As a variety of novel technologies, 3D printing has been considerably applied in the field of health care, including cancer treatment. With its fast prototyping nature, 3D printing could transform basic oncology discoveries to clinical use quickly, s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
19,178 Views
23 Pages

A Review of Carbon-Based Conductive Inks and Their Printing Technologies for Integrated Circuits

  • Yufeng Qin,
  • Xueqiong Ouyang,
  • Yang Lv,
  • Wencai Liu,
  • Qing Liu and
  • Shuangxi Wang

13 October 2023

In recent years, researchers prepared composite conductive inks with high conductivity, high thermal conductivity, strong stability, and excellent comprehensive mechanical properties by combining carbon-based materials such as graphene and carbon nan...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,304 Views
29 Pages

Integrative Modeling and Experimental Insights into 3D and 4D Printing Technologies

  • Angel Cabrera Pereira,
  • Vasudev Vivekanand Nayak,
  • Paulo G. Coelho and
  • Lukasz Witek

24 September 2024

This review focuses on advancements in polymer science as it relates to three-dimensional (3D) and four-dimensional (4D) printing technologies, with a specific emphasis on applications in the biomedical field. While acknowledging the breadth of 3D an...

  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
8,019 Views
33 Pages

Printing Technologies as an Emerging Approach in Gas Sensors: Survey of Literature

  • Nikolay P. Simonenko,
  • Nikita A. Fisenko,
  • Fedor S. Fedorov,
  • Tatiana L. Simonenko,
  • Artem S. Mokrushin,
  • Elizaveta P. Simonenko,
  • Ghenadii Korotcenkov,
  • Victor V. Sysoev,
  • Vladimir G. Sevastyanov and
  • Nikolay T. Kuznetsov

3 May 2022

Herein, we review printing technologies which are commonly approbated at recent time in the course of fabricating gas sensors and multisensor arrays, mainly of chemiresistive type. The most important characteristics of the receptor materials, which n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
10,107 Views
16 Pages

A Wearable Textile 2D Touchpad Sensor Based on Screen-Printing Technology

  • Josue Ferri,
  • Jose Vicente Lidón-Roger,
  • Jorge Moreno,
  • Gabriel Martinez and
  • Eduardo Garcia-Breijo

20 December 2017

Among many of the designs used in the detection of 2D gestures for portable technology, the touchpad is one of the most complex and with more functions to implement. Its development has undergone a great push due to its use in displays, but it is not...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,724 Views
24 Pages

Exploring the Potential of 3D Printing Technology for Sustainable Plastic Roads: A Preliminary Investigation

  • Mohamed Ezzat Al-Atroush,
  • Jumana Almushcab,
  • Duha Alhudaif and
  • Yosra Meskinyar

13 December 2023

The urgency of climate change has highlighted the need for sustainable road construction materials, replacing the conventional asphalt, which significantly contributes to global warming and the urban heat island effect. With this in mind, the constru...

  • Review
  • Open Access
84 Citations
17,292 Views
31 Pages

3 November 2022

The scientific community is and has constantly been working to innovate and improve the available technologies in our use. In that effort, three-dimensional (3D) printing was developed that can construct 3D objects from a digital file. Three-dimensio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,828 Views
21 Pages

The Integration of 3D Virtual Reality and 3D Printing Technology as Innovative Approaches to Preoperative Planning in Neuro-Oncology

  • Pablo González-López,
  • Artem Kuptsov,
  • Cristina Gómez-Revuelta,
  • Jaime Fernández-Villa,
  • Javier Abarca-Olivas,
  • Roy T. Daniel,
  • Torstein R. Meling and
  • Juan Nieto-Navarro

7 February 2024

Our study explores the integration of three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality (VR) and 3D printing in neurosurgical preoperative planning. Traditionally, surgeons relied on two-dimensional (2D) imaging for complex neuroanatomy analyses, requiring sign...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,416 Views
17 Pages

Real-Time Live-Cell Imaging Technology Enables High-Throughput Screening to Verify in Vitro Biocompatibility of 3D Printed Materials

  • Ina G. Siller,
  • Anton Enders,
  • Tobias Steinwedel,
  • Niklas-Maximilian Epping,
  • Marline Kirsch,
  • Antonina Lavrentieva,
  • Thomas Scheper and
  • Janina Bahnemann

2 July 2019

With growing advances in three-dimensional (3D) printing technology, the availability and diversity of printing materials has rapidly increased over the last years. 3D printing has quickly become a useful tool for biomedical and various laboratory ap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,394 Views
15 Pages

2 June 2025

In this study, the feasibility of using three-dimensional (3D) printing technology to investigate the impact of macrotexture and microtexture on the skid resistance of asphalt pavement was verified. The macrotexture characteristics of the five types...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,927 Views
20 Pages

2 September 2024

This article concerns research into the influence of the energy dose distributed by UV lamps on selected parameters of varnish coatings formed during the varnishing process of lightweight cellular panels. The lightweight cellular board used in the st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
4,773 Views
15 Pages

Future Sensors for Smart Objects by Printing Technologies in Industry 4.0 Scenario

  • Michela Borghetti,
  • Edoardo Cantù,
  • Emilio Sardini and
  • Mauro Serpelloni

13 November 2020

Industry 4.0 has radically been transforming the production processes and systems with the adoption of enabling technologies, such as Internet of things (IoT), big data, additive manufacturing (AM), and cloud computing. In this context, sensors are e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,085 Views
18 Pages

16 February 2024

The present study focuses on an up-to-date topic regarding flying equipment identified within the category of drones that use, for propulsion and air movements, the power generated by electric motors. In this paper, researchers focus on implementing...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,292 Views
19 Pages

11 August 2024

The article explores innovative methods for creating high-insulation walls, essential for the future of energy-efficient and sustainable construction. It focuses on advanced 3D-printing technologies that allow for the construction of walls with super...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,793 Views
20 Pages

30 September 2024

Three-dimensional printing technology continues to evolve, enabling new applications in manufacturing. Extensive research in the field of biomimetics underscores the significant impact of the internal geometry of building envelopes on their thermal p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,057 Views
19 Pages

18 May 2021

Embroidery is often the preferred technology when rigid circuit boards need to be connected to sensors and electrodes by data transmission lines and integrated into textiles. Moreover, conventional circuit boards, like Lilypad Arduino, commonly lack...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,169 Views
13 Pages

Integration of a 2D Touch Sensor with an Electroluminescent Display by Using a Screen-Printing Technology on Textile Substrate

  • Josue Ferri,
  • Clara Perez Fuster,
  • Raúl Llinares Llopis,
  • Jorge Moreno and
  • Eduardo Garcia‑Breijo

2 October 2018

Many types of solutions have been studied and developed in order to give the user feedback when using touchpads, buttons, or keyboards in textile industry. Their application on textiles could allow a wide range of applications in the field of medicin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
5,305 Views
19 Pages

29 June 2020

Laser technologies for fast prototyping using metal powder-based materials allow for faster production of prototype constructions actually used in the tooling industry. This paper presents the results of measurements on the surface texture of flat sa...

  • Review
  • Open Access
57 Citations
8,076 Views
18 Pages

Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing in Dentistry: A Comprehensive Review of Actual Popular Technologies

  • Elisa Caussin,
  • Christian Moussally,
  • Stéphane Le Goff,
  • Timothy Fasham,
  • Max Troizier-Cheyne,
  • Laurent Tapie,
  • Elisabeth Dursun,
  • Jean-Pierre Attal and
  • Philippe François

19 February 2024

In this comprehensive review, the current state of the art and recent advances in 3D printing in dentistry are explored. This article provides an overview of the fundamental principles of 3D printing with a focus on vat photopolymerization (VP), the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
56 Citations
19,284 Views
24 Pages

3D Printing Technologies in Architectural Design and Construction: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Maša Žujović,
  • Radojko Obradović,
  • Ivana Rakonjac and
  • Jelena Milošević

28 August 2022

The proliferation of digital technologies considerably changed the field of architecture. Digital fabrication pushes architecture into an unexpected new domain of previously unachievable complexity, detail, and materiality. Understanding these techno...

  • Article
  • Open Access
198 Views
39 Pages

7 January 2026

This study systematically examines the policy and technological pathways for the sustainable development of China’s 3D printing industry under the “Dual Carbon” goals. A three-dimensional sustainability framework is developed, integ...

  • Review
  • Open Access
264 Citations
26,888 Views
31 Pages

3D Printing Technologies for Flexible Tactile Sensors toward Wearable Electronics and Electronic Skin

  • Changyong Liu,
  • Ninggui Huang,
  • Feng Xu,
  • Junda Tong,
  • Zhangwei Chen,
  • Xuchun Gui,
  • Yuelong Fu and
  • Changshi Lao

7 June 2018

3D printing has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Over the past three decades, various 3D printing technologies have been developed including photopolymerization-based, materials extrusion-based, sheet lamination-based, binder jetting-bas...

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