State of the Art in Materials for Additive Manufacturing
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2024 | Viewed by 3331
Special Issue Editor
Interests: additive manufacturing; 3D printing; 3D bioprinting; laser–material interactions; laser-based advanced manufacturing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, has advanced significantly in recent years. The advancements in AM have often been coupled with materials’ development, especially as AM has been proven to be viable in processing established materials for conventional manufacturing processes. Furthermore, many materials which were previously challenging to fabricate, such as glass, concrete, composites, and magnetic, conductive and food materials, have been shown to be viable using 3D printing.
Through active research and development, 3D printing has certainly increased the number of material applications. In this Special Issue, state-of-the-art reviews and current research results which focus on new materials for AM will be reported. This includes, but is not limited to, new alloys, composites, polymers, and food, concrete, conductive, magnetic, and smart materials. Submissions related to novel applications, designs, processes, or characterization methods for such materials are also welcomed.
Contributions focused on AM in any of the following topics are of particular interest:
- Novel materials for additive manufacturing;
- New processes and machines for materials processing using additive manufacturing;
- New applications in 3D printing;
- Characterization techniques for 3D-printed materials;
- Standards and quality control in materials for 3D printing.
Dr. Swee Leong Sing
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- 3D printing
- multi-materials
- smart materials
- magnetic materials
- ceramics
- biomaterials
- nanomaterials
- composites
- food
