All Outputs (14)

Insights into the mechanical properties of several triplyperiodic minimal surface lattice structures made by polymeradditive manufacturing (2017)
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Three-dimensional lattices have applications across a range of fields including structural lightweighting, impact absorption and biomedicine. In this work, lattices based on triply periodic minimal surfaces were produced by polymer additive manufactu... Read More about Insights into the mechanical properties of several triplyperiodic minimal surface lattice structures made by polymeradditive manufacturing.

Additive manufacture of complex 3D Au-containing nanocomposites by simultaneous two-photon polymerisation and photoreduction (2017)
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© 2017 The Author(s). The fabrication of complex three-dimensional gold-containing nanocomposite structures by simultaneous two-photon polymerisation and photoreduction is demonstrated. Increased salt delivers reduced feature sizes down to line width... Read More about Additive manufacture of complex 3D Au-containing nanocomposites by simultaneous two-photon polymerisation and photoreduction.

3-dimensional inkjet printing of macro structures from silver nanoparticles (2017)
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The adoption of additive manufacturing technology is gaining interest for processing precious metals. In this study, the capability of inkjet printing was explored to fabricate macroscopic parts from commercial silver nanoparticle ink (AgNPs). A besp... Read More about 3-dimensional inkjet printing of macro structures from silver nanoparticles.

3D reactive inkjet printing of polydimethylsiloxane (2017)
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© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Material jetting is a process whereby liquid material can be deposited onto a substrate to solidify. Through a process of progressive additional layers, this deposition can then be used to produce 3D structures.... Read More about 3D reactive inkjet printing of polydimethylsiloxane.

3D inkjet printing of electronics using UV conversion (2017)
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The production of electronic circuits and devices is limited by current manufacturing methods that limit both the form and potentially the performance of these systems. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a technology that has been shown to provide cross... Read More about 3D inkjet printing of electronics using UV conversion.

3D printing of tablets using inkjet with UV photoinitiation (2017)
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Additive manufacturing (AM) offers significant potential benefits in the field of drug delivery and pharmaceutical/medical device manufacture. Of AM processes, 3D inkjet printing enables precise deposition of a formulation, whilst offering the potent... Read More about 3D printing of tablets using inkjet with UV photoinitiation.

3D inkjet printing of tablets exploiting bespoke complex geometries for controlled and tuneable drug release (2017)
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A hot melt 3D inkjet printing method with the potential to manufacture formulations in complex and adaptable geometries for the controlled loading and release of medicines is presented. This first use of a precisely controlled solvent free inkjet pri... Read More about 3D inkjet printing of tablets exploiting bespoke complex geometries for controlled and tuneable drug release.

Multi-branched benzylidene ketone based photoinitiators for multiphoton fabrication (2017)
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In this article, we report the synthesis of a series of multi-branched benzylidene (BI) ketone-based photo-initiators for two-photon polymerisation based 3D printing/additive manufacturing. Resins prepared by the addition of 1 wt.% of these initiator... Read More about Multi-branched benzylidene ketone based photoinitiators for multiphoton fabrication.

A Tripropylene Glycol Diacrylate-based Polymeric Support Ink for Material Jetting (2017)
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© 2017 Support structures and materials are indispensable components in many Additive Manufacturing (AM) systems in order to fabricate complex 3D structures. For inkjet-based AM techniques (known as Material Jetting), there is a paucity of studies o... Read More about A Tripropylene Glycol Diacrylate-based Polymeric Support Ink for Material Jetting.

Calorimetric study and microstructure analysis of the order-disorder phase transformation in silicon steel built by SLM (2017)
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Innovative Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies like Selective Laser Melting (SLM) could prove to be efficient for the processing of brittle silicon steel (Fe-Si) with high silicon content. This research elucidates the effects of heat-treatment o... Read More about Calorimetric study and microstructure analysis of the order-disorder phase transformation in silicon steel built by SLM.

3D microfabricated scaffolds and microfluidic devices for ocular surface replacement: a review (2017)
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In recent years, there has been increased research interest in generating corneal substitutes, either for use in the clinic or as in vitro corneal models. The advancement of 3D microfabrication technologies has allowed the reconstruction of the nativ... Read More about 3D microfabricated scaffolds and microfluidic devices for ocular surface replacement: a review.

Design framework for multifunctional additive manufacturing: coupled optimization strategy for structures with embedded functional systems (2017)
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The driver for this research is the development of multi-material additive manufacturing processes that provide the potential for multi-functional parts to be manufactured in a single operation. In order to exploit the potential benefits of this emer... Read More about Design framework for multifunctional additive manufacturing: coupled optimization strategy for structures with embedded functional systems.

An investigation into the depth and time dependent behavior of UV cured 3D ink jet printed objects (2017)
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An ultra-violet (UV) curable ink jet 3D printed material was characterized by an inverse finite element modeling (IFEM) technique employing a nonlinear viscoelastic–viscoplastic (NVEVP) material constitutive model; this methodology was compared direc... Read More about An investigation into the depth and time dependent behavior of UV cured 3D ink jet printed objects.

Combined inkjet printing and infrared sintering of silver nanoparticles using a swathe-by-swathe and layer-by-layer approach for 3-dimensional structures (2017)
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Despite the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM)/3-dimensional (3D) printing, single-step fabrication of multifunctional parts using AM is limited. With the view of enabling multifunctional AM (MFAM), in this study, sintering of metal nanoparti... Read More about Combined inkjet printing and infrared sintering of silver nanoparticles using a swathe-by-swathe and layer-by-layer approach for 3-dimensional structures.