Advanced Polymeric Materials for 3D/4D Printing Technology
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2024) | Viewed by 2237
Special Issue Editors
Interests: design; manufacturing and testing with polymeric and composite materials; biomechanics; health and safety; product development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the years, advanced manufacturing processes have been developed and improved in order to reduce costs and make a better use of materials. It is known that 3D-printing processes combine excellent characteristics in terms of customization and waste reduction, in addition to their demonstrated potential of optimization. Furthermore, they are suitable to produce high-performance lightweight parts and/or parts with complex geometries that would require considerable extra work if produced using conventional processes. The introduction of advanced materials in the 3D-printing field involves significant investigation under different aspects, such as recommended process parameters and resulting mechanical properties. Special attention is given to bio-based and natural fiber-reinforced polymers due to their characteristics in terms of processability and performance.
This Special Issue aims to provide the latest developments of polymeric materials for 3D/4D-printing technologies. Studies involving, but not limited to, the convergence of process parameters, experimental characterization of resulting properties, numerical modeling of mechanical behavior, and mechanism-based failure analyses are welcome in this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Antonio Torres Marques
Dr. Thiago Assis Dutra
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural fiber-reinforced polymers
- bio-based polymers
- thermoplastic materials
- high-stiffness
- polymeric materials
- composite materials
- photo-curing resins
- fused granular fabrication
- fused filament fabrication
- stereolithography
- experimental characterization
- failure mechanisms of polymers
- smart polymers and composites
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