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Synthesis of methacrylate-terminated block copolymers with reduced transesterification by controlled ring-opening polymerization (2018)
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This work presents a robust method to achieve the synthesis of low molecular weight polyesters 26 via ring-opening polymerization (ROP) initiated by 2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylate (HEMA) 27 when using triazabicyclodecene (TBD) as catalyst. The effect th... Read More about Synthesis of methacrylate-terminated block copolymers with reduced transesterification by controlled ring-opening polymerization.

Reactive material jetting of polyimide insulators for complex circuit board design (2018)
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Polyimides are a group of high performance thermal stable dielectric materials used in diverse applications. In this article, we synthesized and developed a high-performance polyimide precursor ink for a Material Jetting (MJ) process. The proposed in... Read More about Reactive material jetting of polyimide insulators for complex circuit board design.

Geometrical effects on residual stress in selective laser melting (2018)
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Selective laser melting is an increasingly attractive technology for the manufacture of complex and low volume / high value metal parts. However, the inevitable residual stresses that are generated can lead to defects or build failure. Due to the com... Read More about Geometrical effects on residual stress in selective laser melting.

Extrusion 3D printing of paracetamol tablets from a single formulation with tunable release profiles through control of tablet geometry (2018)
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An extrusion based 3D printer was used to fabricate paracetamol tablets with different geometries (mesh, ring, and solid) from a single paste-based formulation formed from standard pharmaceutical ingredients. The tablets demonstrate that tunable drug... Read More about Extrusion 3D printing of paracetamol tablets from a single formulation with tunable release profiles through control of tablet geometry.

Using total specific cost indices to compare the cost performance of additive manufacturing for the medical devices domain (2018)
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The label additive manufacturing, also known as three-dimensional printing, serves as an umbrella term for a number of technologies designed to deposit product geometries directly from build materials and digital design information. However, as a rel... Read More about Using total specific cost indices to compare the cost performance of additive manufacturing for the medical devices domain.

3D-printed components for quantum devices (2018)
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Recent advances in the preparation, control and measurement of atomic gases have led to new insights into the quantum world and unprecedented metrological sensitivities, e.g. in measuring gravitational forces and magnetic fields. The full potential o... Read More about 3D-printed components for quantum devices.

Effect of surfactant on Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization of polymer microparticles and flat films (2018)
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Micro- and nanoparticles are of great interest because of their potential for trafficking into the body for applications such as low-fouling coatings on medical devices, drug delivery in pharmaceutics and cell carriers in regenerative medicine strate... Read More about Effect of surfactant on Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization of polymer microparticles and flat films.

Author Correction: Additive manufacture of complex 3D Au-containing nanocomposites by simultaneous two-photon polymerisation and photoreduction (2018)
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Tuneable ionic control of polymeric films for inkjet based 3D printing (2018)
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Inkjet printing is a powerful additive manufacturing (AM) technique to generate advanced and complex geometries. However, requirements of low viscosity and surface tension are limiting the range of functional inks available, thus hindering the develo... Read More about Tuneable ionic control of polymeric films for inkjet based 3D printing.

Topology optimization of geometrically nonlinear structures using an evolutionary optimization method (2018)
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Iso-XFEM method is an evolutionary optimization method developed in our previous studies to enable the generation of high resolution topology optimised designs suitable for additive manufacture. Conventional approaches for topology optimization requi... Read More about Topology optimization of geometrically nonlinear structures using an evolutionary optimization method.

3D extrusion printing of high drug loading immediate release paracetamol tablets (2018)
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The manufacture of immediate release high drug loading paracetamol oral tablets was achieved using an extrusion based 3D printer from a premixed water based paste formulation. The 3D printed tablets demonstrate that a very high drug (paracetamol) loa... Read More about 3D extrusion printing of high drug loading immediate release paracetamol tablets.

Identification of novel ‘inks’ for 3D printing using high throughput screening: bioresorbable photocurable polymers for controlled drug delivery (2018)
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A robust discovery methodology is presented to identify novel biomaterials suitable for 3D printing. Currently the application of Additive Manufacturing is limited by the availability of functional inks, especially in the area of biomaterials-this me... Read More about Identification of novel ‘inks’ for 3D printing using high throughput screening: bioresorbable photocurable polymers for controlled drug delivery.

Design optimization for an additively manufactured automotive component (2018)
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The aim of this paper is to investigate the design optimization and additive manufacture of automotive components. A Titanium brake pedal processed through Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is considered as a test case. Different design optimisation tech... Read More about Design optimization for an additively manufactured automotive component.