3D Printing of Medical and Dental Polymers
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2023) | Viewed by 419
Special Issue Editors
Interests: additive manufacturing; sustainable manufacturing; biomaterials; medical devices; materials characterization
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Dear Colleagues,
Medical applications constitute one of the major breakthroughs of additive manufacturing. As a result of this, polymers are now widely used for functional prototypes, personalized medical devices, and anatomical models for diagnosis, surgical planning, and training, to name but a few. In essence, the burgeoning adoption of 3D printed medical and dental polymers can be linked to the versatility of the manufacturing process combined with the transformative properties and benefits of polymer.
The aim of this special issue therefore is to showcase the diverse research including progress, opportunities, and challenges in this important subject. We welcome submissions in the form of high quality reviews and research papers that focus on but not limited to hypothesis-driven experimental data; hybrid and innovative processes; recent breakthroughs in clinical applications; materials development, processing, optimization, and characterization as well as innovative designs and modeling of biomedical polymers, polymer composites, and/or medical and dental devices.
Best regards,
Dr. Frank Alifui-Segbaya
Dr. Khaled Elsayed Ahmed
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- 3D-printed polymers
- polymer composites
- medical polymers
- photopolymers
- biopolymers
- biomaterials
- medical (dental) devices
- dental materials
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