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Investigation of support structure configurations for selective laser melting of In718 (2024)
Journal Article
Nie, Y., Xu, C., Liu, Z., Yang, L., Li, T., & He, Y. (2025). Investigation of support structure configurations for selective laser melting of In718. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 112, 281-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2024.11.006

The Selective Laser Melting (SLM), as a widely used metallic Additive manufacturing (AM) process, relies heavily on support structures. This study investigated the impact of different support structure configurations on the quality of In718 samples f... Read More about Investigation of support structure configurations for selective laser melting of In718.

Additive manufacturing of functionalised atomic vapour cells for next-generation quantum technologies (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, F., Cooper, N., He, Y., Hopton, B., Johnson, D., Zhao, P., Tuck, C. J., Hague, R., Fromhold, T. M., Wildman, R., Turyanska, L., & Hackermueller, L. (2025). Additive manufacturing of functionalised atomic vapour cells for next-generation quantum technologies. Quantum Science and Technology, 10(1), Article 015019. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ad8678

Atomic vapour cells are an indispensable tool for quantum technologies (QT), but potential improvements are limited by the capacities of conventional manufacturing techniques. Using an additive manufacturing (AM) technique—vat polymerisation by digit... Read More about Additive manufacturing of functionalised atomic vapour cells for next-generation quantum technologies.

Multiscale Simulation of Laser-Based Direct Energy Deposition (DED-LB/M) Using Powder Feedstock for Surface Repair of Aluminum Alloy (2024)
Journal Article
Zhou, X., Pei, Z., Liu, Z., Yang, L., Yin, Y., He, Y., Wu, Q., & Nie, Y. (2024). Multiscale Simulation of Laser-Based Direct Energy Deposition (DED-LB/M) Using Powder Feedstock for Surface Repair of Aluminum Alloy. Materials, 17(14), Article 3559. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17143559

Laser-based direct energy deposition (DED-LB/M) has been a promising option for the surface repair of structural aluminum alloys due to the advantages it offers, including a small heat-affected zone, high forming accuracy, and adjustable deposition m... Read More about Multiscale Simulation of Laser-Based Direct Energy Deposition (DED-LB/M) Using Powder Feedstock for Surface Repair of Aluminum Alloy.

Integrating 3D Printed Grinding Tools and Closed-Loop Temperature Management for Optimal Surgical Outcomes (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, B., Li, K., Liu, G., Xia, L., Guan, W., Guo, J., Xu, J., Nie, Y., Zhao, Y., He, Y., & Li, H. (2024). Integrating 3D Printed Grinding Tools and Closed-Loop Temperature Management for Optimal Surgical Outcomes. Advanced Materials Technologies, https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202400295

Grinding is a commonly employed surgical technique for the partial removal of bone. However, the grinding process often generates excessive heat at the interface, leading to localized temperature raise. This can result in irreversible damage to not o... Read More about Integrating 3D Printed Grinding Tools and Closed-Loop Temperature Management for Optimal Surgical Outcomes.

3D printed zirconia ceramic tool for bone repair with multifunction of drug release, drilling and implantation (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, B., Zhao, Y., Liu, G., Chen, Y., Mei, J., Xia, L., Tang, C., Qi, H., He, Y., & Li, H. N. (2024). 3D printed zirconia ceramic tool for bone repair with multifunction of drug release, drilling and implantation. Ceramics International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.06.125

Ceramics is a promising material that has been widely used as artificial bones. However, most available investigations were devoted to new material development and implant structure design, while few of studies focused on innovative hybrid implants t... Read More about 3D printed zirconia ceramic tool for bone repair with multifunction of drug release, drilling and implantation.

Optimizing Printing Fidelity Of The Single-Nozzle Based Multimaterial Direct Ink Writing For 3D Food Printing (2024)
Journal Article
Tiana, Z., Zhong, Q., Zhang, H., Yin, T., Zhao, J., Liu, G., …He, Y. (2024). Optimizing Printing Fidelity Of The Single-Nozzle Based Multimaterial Direct Ink Writing For 3D Food Printing. Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 19(1), Article e2352075. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452759.2024.2352075

Single-nozzle based multimaterial direct ink writing enables voxel-based fabrication with superior printing efficiency than multi-nozzle protocol. This is attractive for food 3D printing process where efficiency matters for its application. However,... Read More about Optimizing Printing Fidelity Of The Single-Nozzle Based Multimaterial Direct Ink Writing For 3D Food Printing.

Enabling High-fidelity Personalized Pharmaceutical Tablets through Multimaterial Inkjet 3D Printing with a Water-soluble Excipient (2024)
Journal Article
Rivers, G., Lion, A., Rofiqoh Eviana Putri, N., Rance, G., Moloney, C., Taresco, V., …He, Y. (2024). Enabling High-fidelity Personalized Pharmaceutical Tablets through Multimaterial Inkjet 3D Printing with a Water-soluble Excipient. Materials Today Advances, 22, Article 100493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtadv.2024.100493

Additive manufacturing offers manufacture of personalised pharmaceutical tablets through design freedoms and material deposition control at an individual voxel level. This control goes beyond geometry and materials choices: inkjet based 3D printing e... Read More about Enabling High-fidelity Personalized Pharmaceutical Tablets through Multimaterial Inkjet 3D Printing with a Water-soluble Excipient.

Enhancing the 3D printing fidelity of vat photopolymerization with machine learning-driven boundary prediction (2024)
Journal Article
Ma, Y., Tian, Z., Wang, B., Zhao, Y., Nie, Y., Wildman, R. D., …He, Y. (2024). Enhancing the 3D printing fidelity of vat photopolymerization with machine learning-driven boundary prediction. Materials and Design, 241, Article 112978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112978

Like many pixel-based additive manufacturing (AM) techniques, digital light processing (DLP) based vat photopolymerization faces the challenge that the square pixel based processing strategy can lead to zigzag edges especially when feature sizes come... Read More about Enhancing the 3D printing fidelity of vat photopolymerization with machine learning-driven boundary prediction.

Glycerol-based sustainably sourced resin for volumetric printing (2024)
Journal Article
Krumins, E., Lentz, J. C., Sutcliffe, B., Sohaib, A., Jacob, P. L., Brugnoli, B., …Taresco, V. (2024). Glycerol-based sustainably sourced resin for volumetric printing. Green Chemistry, 26(3), 1345-1355. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3gc03607c

Volumetric Additive Manufacturing (VAM) represents a revolutionary advancement in the field of Additive Manufacturing, as it allows for the creation of objects in a single, cohesive process, rather than in a layer-by-layer approach. This innovative t... Read More about Glycerol-based sustainably sourced resin for volumetric printing.

Preventing thermal osteonecrosis through 3D printed ceramic grinding tool (2023)
Journal Article
Wang, B., Zhao, Y., Liu, G., Thein, C. K., Su, W., Long, S., …Li, H. N. (2023). Preventing thermal osteonecrosis through 3D printed ceramic grinding tool. Additive Manufacturing, 78, Article 103878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2023.103878

Conventional grinding tools in orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery are solid in structure, leading to a limited amount of coolant that can reach the bone surgery zone, and therefore causing localized high-temperature-induced issues (infection, necros... Read More about Preventing thermal osteonecrosis through 3D printed ceramic grinding tool.

Inverse design and additive manufacturing of shape-morphing structures based on functionally graded composites (2023)
Journal Article
Kansara, H., Liu, M., He, Y., & Tan, W. (2023). Inverse design and additive manufacturing of shape-morphing structures based on functionally graded composites. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 180, Article 105382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105382

Shape-morphing structures possess the ability to change their shapes from one state to another, and therefore, offer great potential for a broad range of applications. A typical paradigm of morphing is transforming from an initial two-dimensional (2D... Read More about Inverse design and additive manufacturing of shape-morphing structures based on functionally graded composites.

材料挤出三维打印单材料载体配方肥的制备与控释效果 (2023)
Journal Article
Zhang, X., Wu, Q., Ma, Q., Yin, J., He, Y., & Wu, L. (2023). 材料挤出三维打印单材料载体配方肥的制备与控释效果. Zhejiang Daxue Xuebao (Nongye yu Shengming Kexue Ban) = Journal of Zhejiang University: Agriculture and Life Sciences, 49(3), 398-412. https://doi.org/10.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2022.04.181

As a processing technology that can rapidly fabricate customized products in small batches, three-dimensional (3D) printing has great application potential in horticultural gardens. On the basis of existing studies on controlled releasing materials f... Read More about 材料挤出三维打印单材料载体配方肥的制备与控释效果.

Stable large area drop-on-demand deposition of a conductive polymer ink for 3D-printed electronics, enabled by bio-renewable co-solvents (2023)
Journal Article
Rivers, G., Austin, J. S., He, Y., Thompson, A., Gilani, N., Roberts, N., …Turyanska, L. (2023). Stable large area drop-on-demand deposition of a conductive polymer ink for 3D-printed electronics, enabled by bio-renewable co-solvents. Additive Manufacturing, 66, Article 103452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2023.103452

Development of conductive polymer ink formulations with reliable jetting stability and physical properties could offer sustainable routes for scaling-up the 3D-printing of electronics. We report a new poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulp... Read More about Stable large area drop-on-demand deposition of a conductive polymer ink for 3D-printed electronics, enabled by bio-renewable co-solvents.

Personalized medicine: manufacturing oral solid dosage forms through additive manufacturing (2022)
Book Chapter
He, Y., Inês Evangelista Barreiros, M., & Cader, H. (2023). Personalized medicine: manufacturing oral solid dosage forms through additive manufacturing. In K. Zhou (Ed.), Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Functionalities and Applications (113-150). Cham: Springer

Medicine is moving towards personalized treatments, where the ultimate goal is that both drug delivery devices and loaded pharmaceutica tablets can be customized to meet the specific needs of individuals. The evolution of additive manufacturing (AM)... Read More about Personalized medicine: manufacturing oral solid dosage forms through additive manufacturing.

The impact of the risk of build failure on energy consumption in additive manufacturing (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, H., Baumers, M., Basak, S., He, Y., & Ashcroft, I. (2022). The impact of the risk of build failure on energy consumption in additive manufacturing. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 26(5), 1771-1783. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13318

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, is associated with significant promise in the manufacturing sector. However, it has been shown that the risk of build failure has a substantial impact on the costs of AM and that this results fr... Read More about The impact of the risk of build failure on energy consumption in additive manufacturing.

Exploiting Generative Design for Multi-Material Inkjet 3D Printed Cell Instructive, Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composites (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
he, Y., Begines, B., Trindade, G., Abdi, M., dubern, J., Prina, E., …Wildman, R. Exploiting Generative Design for Multi-Material Inkjet 3D Printed Cell Instructive, Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composites

As our understanding of disease grows, it is becoming established that treatment needs to be personalized and targeted to the needs of the individual. In this paper we show that multi-material inkjet-based 3D printing, when backed with generative des... Read More about Exploiting Generative Design for Multi-Material Inkjet 3D Printed Cell Instructive, Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composites.

Ink-jet 3D printing as a strategy for developing bespoke non-eluting biofilm resistant medical devices (2021)
Journal Article
He, Y., Luckett, J., Begines, B., Dubern, J. F., Hook, A. L., Prina, E., …Wildman, R. D. (2022). Ink-jet 3D printing as a strategy for developing bespoke non-eluting biofilm resistant medical devices. Biomaterials, 281, Article 121350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121350

Chronic infection as a result of bacterial biofilm formation on implanted medical devices is a major global healthcare problem requiring new biocompatible, biofilm-resistant materials. Here we demonstrate how bespoke devices can be manufactured throu... Read More about Ink-jet 3D printing as a strategy for developing bespoke non-eluting biofilm resistant medical devices.

Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices (2021)
Journal Article
He, Y., Abdi, M., Trindade, G. F., Begines, B., Dubern, J. F., Prina, E., …Wildman, R. D. (2021). Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices. Advanced Science, 8(15), Article 2100249. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202100249

As the understanding of disease grows, so does the opportunity for personalization of therapies targeted to the needs of the individual. To bring about a step change in the personalization of medical devices it is shown that multi-material inkjet-bas... Read More about Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices.

Inkjet 3D Printing of Polymers Resistant to Fungal Attachment (2021)
Journal Article
He, Y., Vallières, C., Alexander, M. R., Wildman, R. D., & Avery, S. V. (2021). Inkjet 3D Printing of Polymers Resistant to Fungal Attachment. Bio-protocol, 11(9), Article e4016. https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.4016

Inkjet 3D printing is an additive manufacturing method that allows the user to produce a small batch of customized devices for comparative study versus commercial products. Here, we describe the use of a commercial 2D ink development system (Dimatix... Read More about Inkjet 3D Printing of Polymers Resistant to Fungal Attachment.