Additive Manufacturing of Bio and Synthetic Polymers 

 - Basel  MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute  2022 
 - 1 online resource (336 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> Additive manufacturing technology offers the ability to produce personalized products with lower development costs, shorter lead times, less energy consumed during manufacturing and less material waste. It can be used to manufacture complex parts and enables manufacturers to reduce their inventory, make products on-demand, create smaller and localized manufacturing environments, and even reduce supply chains. Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as fabricating three-dimensional (3D) and four-dimensional (4D) components, refers to processes that allow for the direct fabrication of physical products from computer-aided design (CAD) models through the repetitious deposition of material layers. Compared with traditional manufacturing processes, AM allows the production of customized parts from bio- and synthetic polymers without the need for molds or machining typical for conventional formative and subtractive fabrication.In this Special Issue, we aimed to capture the cutting-edge state-of-the-art research pertaining to advancing the additive manufacturing of polymeric materials. The topic themes include advanced polymeric material development, processing parameter optimization, characterization techniques, structure-property relationships, process modelling, etc., specifically for AM. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783036533193 9783036533209 books978-3-0365-3319-3 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.3390/books978-3-0365-3319-3  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History of engineering & technology<br/>Technology: general issues
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>3D printing ABS additive technologies antibacterial anticancer activity antimicrobial antimicrobial properties bio-based polyethylene composite bio-based polymer biocomposite biodegradable polymers biopolymer blend building orientation carbon fibres CNT composite composite material design process drug delivery dust cloud dust explosion epoxidized jatropha oil extrusion fatigue fibre treatment flexible TPU food packaging Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) fused filament fabrication fused-filament fabrication high-density polyethylene internal architecture jatropha oil kenaf kenaf fibre lattice material layer thickness mechanical properties mechanical strength minimum ignition temperature of dispersed dust MWCNT naked mole-rat algorithm natural bioactive polymers natural fiber composite natural fibres non-covalent functionalisation nozzle size optimization P3HT pitch polyamide 12 polyethylene polylactic acid (PLA) polymeric scaffolds polythiophene process parameters product design reaction time shape memory polymer silver nanopowder sustainability design thermal properties thermo-mechanical loads thermoplastic starch tissue engineering X-ray tomography