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Quantum nature of charge transport in inkjet-printed graphene revealed in high magnetic fields up to 60T (2024)
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Cottam, N. D., Wang, F., Austin, J. S., Tuck, C. J., Hague, R., Fromhold, M., …Turyanska, L. (2024). Quantum nature of charge transport in inkjet-printed graphene revealed in high magnetic fields up to 60T. Small, Article 2311416. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202311416

Inkjet‐printing of graphene, iGr, provides an alternative route for the fabrication of highly conductive and flexible graphene films for use in devices. However, the contribution of quantum phenomena associated with 2D single layer graphene, SLG, to... Read More about Quantum nature of charge transport in inkjet-printed graphene revealed in high magnetic fields up to 60T.

Formulation of functional materials for inkjet printing: A pathway towards fully 3D printed electronics (2023)
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Bastola, A., He, Y., Im, J., Rivers, G., Wang, F., Worsley, R., …Turyanska, L. (2023). Formulation of functional materials for inkjet printing: A pathway towards fully 3D printed electronics. Materials Today Electronics, 6, Article 100058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtelec.2023.100058

Inkjet printing offers a facile route for manufacturing the next generation of electronic devices, by combining the design freedom of additive manufacturing technologies with tuneable properties of functional materials and opportunities for their int... Read More about Formulation of functional materials for inkjet printing: A pathway towards fully 3D printed electronics.

New structure-performance relationships for surface-based lattice heat sinks (2023)
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Padrão, D., Hancock, D., Paterson, J., Schoofs, F., Tuck, C., & Maskery, I. (2024). New structure-performance relationships for surface-based lattice heat sinks. Applied Thermal Engineering, 236(Part B), Article 121572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121572

Heat sinks have manifold applications, from micro-electronics to nuclear fusion reactors. Their performance expectations will continue to increase in line with the power consumption and miniaturisation of technology. Additive manufacturing enables t... Read More about New structure-performance relationships for surface-based lattice heat sinks.

A Soluble ‘Ba(Ni-ett)’ (ett = 1,1,2,2-Ethenetetrathiolate) Derived Thermoelectric Material (2023)
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Hu, Y., Rivers, G., Weir, M. P., Amabilino, D. B., Tuck, C. J., Wildman, R. D., …Woodward, S. (2023). A Soluble ‘Ba(Ni-ett)’ (ett = 1,1,2,2-Ethenetetrathiolate) Derived Thermoelectric Material. Electronic Materials Letters, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13391-023-00454-z

We describe the synthesis and characterisation of the first of a new class of soluble ladder oligomeric thermoelectric material based on previously unutilised ethene-1,1,2,2-tetrasulfonic acid. Reaction of Ba(OH)2 and propionic acid at a 1:1 stoichio... Read More about A Soluble ‘Ba(Ni-ett)’ (ett = 1,1,2,2-Ethenetetrathiolate) Derived Thermoelectric Material.

Additively Manufactured 3D Micro-bioelectrodes for Enhanced Bioelectrocatalytic Operation (2023)
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Jodeiri, K., Foerster, A., Trindade, G. F., Im, J., Carballares, D., Fernández-Lafuente, R., …Tuck, C. (2023). Additively Manufactured 3D Micro-bioelectrodes for Enhanced Bioelectrocatalytic Operation. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15(11), 14914–14924. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c20262

The drive toward miniaturization of enzyme-based bioelectronics established a need for three-dimensional (3D) microstructured electrodes, which are difficult to implement using conventional manufacturing processes. Additive manufacturing coupled with... Read More about Additively Manufactured 3D Micro-bioelectrodes for Enhanced Bioelectrocatalytic Operation.

Stable large area drop-on-demand deposition of a conductive polymer ink for 3D-printed electronics, enabled by bio-renewable co-solvents (2023)
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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.

Strategies for Integrating Metal Nanoparticles with Two-Photon Polymerization Process: Toward High Resolution Functional Additive Manufacturing (2023)
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Im, J., Liu, Y., Hu, Q., Trindade, G. F., Parmenter, C., Fay, M., …Turyanska, L. (2023). Strategies for Integrating Metal Nanoparticles with Two-Photon Polymerization Process: Toward High Resolution Functional Additive Manufacturing. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(39), Article 2211920. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202211920

This study reports the successful fabrication of complex 3D metal nanoparticle–polymer nanocomposites using two-photon polymerization (2PP). Three complementary strategies are detailed: in situ formation of metal nanoparticles (MeNPs) through a singl... Read More about Strategies for Integrating Metal Nanoparticles with Two-Photon Polymerization Process: Toward High Resolution Functional Additive Manufacturing.

Photosensitisation of inkjet printed graphene with stable all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals (2022)
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Austin, J. S., Cottam, N. D., Zhang, C., Wang, F., Gosling, J. H., Nelson-Dummet, O., …Turyanska, L. (2023). Photosensitisation of inkjet printed graphene with stable all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals. Nanoscale, 15(5), 2134–2142. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2nr06429d

All-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) with enhanced environmental stability are of particular interest for optoelectronic applications. Here we report on the formulation of CsPbX3 (X is Br or I) inks for inkjet deposition and utilise these NCs... Read More about Photosensitisation of inkjet printed graphene with stable all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals.

Antimicrobial ‘inks’ for 3D printing: block copolymer-silver nanoparticle composites synthesised using supercritical CO2 (2022)
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Larder, R. R., Krumins, E., Jacob, P. L., Kortsen, K., Cavanagh, R., Jiang, L., …Howdle, S. M. (2022). Antimicrobial ‘inks’ for 3D printing: block copolymer-silver nanoparticle composites synthesised using supercritical CO2. Polymer Chemistry, 13(25), 3768-3779. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2py00398h

Silver nanoparticles (AgNP) are widely exploited for their effective antimicrobial activity against a range of pathogens. Their high efficacy in this regard has seen the global demand for AgNP in consumer products steadily increase in recent years, n... Read More about Antimicrobial ‘inks’ for 3D printing: block copolymer-silver nanoparticle composites synthesised using supercritical CO2.

Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles with a Cohesion Enhancer for Robust Flexible Electrodes (2022)
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Im, J., Trindade, G. F., Quach, T. T., Sohaib, A., Wang, F., Austin, J., …Tuck, C. (2022). Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles with a Cohesion Enhancer for Robust Flexible Electrodes. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(5), 6708-6716. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c00742

The development of conductive inks is required to enable additive manufacturing of electronic components and devices. A gold nanoparticle (AuNP) ink is of particular interest due to its high electrical conductivity, chemical stability, and biocompati... Read More about Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles with a Cohesion Enhancer for Robust Flexible Electrodes.

Stochastic design for additive manufacture of true biomimetic populations (2022)
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Groth, J., Magnini, M., Tuck, C., & Clare, A. (2022). Stochastic design for additive manufacture of true biomimetic populations. Additive Manufacturing, 55, Article 102739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.102739

Current biomimetic designs do not incorporate naturally occurring variance. Instead, the same unit cell is repeatedly copied and pasted to create a pattern. Existing stochastic designs use the same randomness for all parameters. However, nature teach... Read More about Stochastic design for additive manufacture of true biomimetic populations.

Cracking behaviour of high-strength AA2024 aluminium alloy produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (2022)
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Del Guercio, G., McCartney, D. G., Aboulkhair, N. T., Robertson, S., Maclachlan, R., Tuck, C., & Simonelli, M. (2022). Cracking behaviour of high-strength AA2024 aluminium alloy produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion. Additive Manufacturing, 54, Article 102776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.102776

Most wrought aluminium alloys of the 2000 series are difficult to manufacture by laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) due to the formation of cracks during building. To date, the effects of processing regimes on crack formation are still not well understo... Read More about Cracking behaviour of high-strength AA2024 aluminium alloy produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion.

3D reactive inkjet printing of bisphenol A-polycarbonate (2022)
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Qian, Q., Kamps, J. H., Price, B., Gu, H., Wildman, R., Hague, R., …Tuck, C. (2022). 3D reactive inkjet printing of bisphenol A-polycarbonate. Additive Manufacturing, 54, Article 102745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.102745

Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques have gained extensive attention recently as they are able to directly produce 3D parts utilising a layer-by-layer manner. Inkjet printing is one such technique which can produce micron-scale features but is gene... Read More about 3D reactive inkjet printing of bisphenol A-polycarbonate.

Correction to “Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers” (2022)
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Ruiz-Cantu, L., Trindade, G. F., Taresco, V., Zhou, Z., He, Y., Burroughs, L., …Wildman, R. D. (2022). Correction to “Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers”. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(6), 8654. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c00035

The chemical structure of the drug trandolapril has been corrected in Figure 4c. The conclusions of the work have not been affected by this correction. (Figure present).

Reactive Jetting of High Viscosity Nanocomposites for Dielectric Elastomer Actuation (2022)
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Malas, A., Saleh, E., Giménez‐López, M. D. C., Rance, G. A., Helps, T., Taghavi, M., …Goodridge, R. D. (2022). Reactive Jetting of High Viscosity Nanocomposites for Dielectric Elastomer Actuation. Advanced Materials Technologies, 7(6), Article 2101111. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202101111

The layer-by-layer nature of additive manufacturing is well matched to the layer construction of stacked dielectric actuators, with inkjet printing offering a unique opportunity due to its droplet-on-demand capability, suitable for multi-material pro... Read More about Reactive Jetting of High Viscosity Nanocomposites for Dielectric Elastomer Actuation.

Ink-jet 3D printing as a strategy for developing bespoke non-eluting biofilm resistant medical devices (2021)
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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.

The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing (2021)
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Hu, Q., Rance, G. A., Trindade, G. F., Pervan, D., Jiang, L., Foerster, A., …Wildman, R. D. (2022). The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 51, Article 102575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102575

Two-photon polymerisation (2PP) based additive manufacturing has emerged as a powerful technology to fabricate complex three-dimensional micro- and nanoscale architectures. However, a comprehensive understanding of the effect of printing parameters o... Read More about The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing.

Five simple tools for stochastic lattice creation (2021)
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Groth, J. H., Anderson, C., Magnini, M., Tuck, C., & Clare, A. (2022). Five simple tools for stochastic lattice creation. Additive Manufacturing, 49, Article 102488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102488

Lattices are increasingly used in engineering applications. They can reduce weight in aircraft components, increase the efficiency of heat exchangers and are used as medical implants. Typically a regular and graded lattice, where the unit cells are i... Read More about Five simple tools for stochastic lattice creation.

Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers (2021)
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Ruiz-Cantu, L., Trindade, G. F., Taresco, V., Zhou, Z., He, Y., Burroughs, L., …Wildman, R. D. (2021). Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13(33), 38969-38978. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c07850

Controlling the microstructure of materials by means of phase separation is a versatile tool for optimizing material properties. Phase separation has been exploited to fabricate intricate microstructures in many fields including cell biology, tissue... Read More about Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers.

Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices (2021)
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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.

Residual polymer stabiliser causes anisotropic electrical conductivity during inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles (2021)
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Trindade, G. F., Wang, F., Im, J., He, Y., Balogh, A., Scurr, D., …Roberts, C. J. (2021). Residual polymer stabiliser causes anisotropic electrical conductivity during inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles. Communications Materials, 2(1), Article 47. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00151-0

Inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles allows for design flexibility, rapid processing and enables the 3D printing of functional electronic devices through co-deposition of multiple materials. However, the performance of printed devices, especially t... Read More about Residual polymer stabiliser causes anisotropic electrical conductivity during inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles.

An imidazolium-based supramolecular gelator enhancing interlayer adhesion in 3D printed dual network hydrogels (2021)
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Zhou, Z., Samperi, M., Santu, L., Dizon, G., Aboarkaba, S., Limón, D., …Wildman, R. (2021). An imidazolium-based supramolecular gelator enhancing interlayer adhesion in 3D printed dual network hydrogels. Materials and Design, 206, Article 109792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109792

The variety of UV-curable monomers for 3D printing is limited by a requirement for rapid curing after each sweep depositing a layer. This study proposes to trigger supramolecular self-assembly during the process by a gemini imidazolium-based low-mole... Read More about An imidazolium-based supramolecular gelator enhancing interlayer adhesion in 3D printed dual network hydrogels.

UV-curable silicone materials with tuneable mechanical properties for 3D Printing (2021)
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Foerster, A., Annarasa, V., Terry, A., Wildman, R., Hague, R., Irvine, D., …Tuck, C. (2021). UV-curable silicone materials with tuneable mechanical properties for 3D Printing. Materials and Design, Article 109681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109681

In this paper, we present the development of a family of novel, UV-curable, highly flexible, 3D printable silicone-based materials, the mechanical properties of which can be tuned simply by varying the ratio of the polymerisable reagents within the f... Read More about UV-curable silicone materials with tuneable mechanical properties for 3D Printing.

Universal mobility characteristics of graphene originating from charge scattering by ionised impurities (2021)
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Gosling, J. H., Makarovsky, O., Wang, F., Cottam, N. D., Greenaway, M. T., Patanè, A., …Fromhold, T. M. (2021). Universal mobility characteristics of graphene originating from charge scattering by ionised impurities. Communications Physics, 4(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00518-2

Pristine graphene and graphene-based heterostructures can exhibit exceptionally high electron mobility if their surface contains few electron-scattering impurities. Mobility directly influences electrical conductivity and its dependence on the carrie... Read More about Universal mobility characteristics of graphene originating from charge scattering by ionised impurities.

Additively manufactured ultra-high vacuum chamber for portable quantum technologies (2021)
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Cooper, N., Coles, L., Everton, S., Maskery, I., Campion, R., Madkhaly, S., …Hackermüller, L. (2021). Additively manufactured ultra-high vacuum chamber for portable quantum technologies. Additive Manufacturing, 40, Article 101898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.101898

© 2021 Additive manufacturing is having a dramatic impact on research and industry across multiple sectors, but the production of additively manufactured systems for ultra-high vacuum applications has so far proved elusive and widely been considered... Read More about Additively manufactured ultra-high vacuum chamber for portable quantum technologies.

Inter-Flake Quantum Transport of Electrons and Holes in Inkjet-Printed Graphene Devices (2020)
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Wang, F., Gosling, J. H., Rance, G. A., Trindade, G. F., Makarovsky, O., Cottam, N. D., …Turyanska, L. (2021). Inter-Flake Quantum Transport of Electrons and Holes in Inkjet-Printed Graphene Devices. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(5), Article 2007478. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202007478

© 2020 The Authors. Advanced Functional Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH 2D materials have unique structural and electronic properties with potential for transformative device applications. However, such devices are usually bespoke structures ma... Read More about Inter-Flake Quantum Transport of Electrons and Holes in Inkjet-Printed Graphene Devices.

Additive manufacturing of advanced ceramic materials (2020)
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Lakhdar, Y., Tuck, C., Binner, J., Terry, A., & Goodridge, R. (2021). Additive manufacturing of advanced ceramic materials. Progress in Materials Science, 116, Article 100736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2020.100736

Additive manufacturing (AM) has the potential to disrupt the ceramic industry by offering new opportunities to manufacture advanced ceramic components without the need for expensive tooling, thereby reducing production costs and lead times and increa... Read More about Additive manufacturing of advanced ceramic materials.

Dispersion and stability of colloidal boron carbide suspensions (2020)
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Lakhdar, Y., Tuck, C., Terry, A., & Goodridge, R. (2020). Dispersion and stability of colloidal boron carbide suspensions. Ceramics International, 46(18, Part A), 27957-27966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.07.289

The effects of several anionic, cationic and non-ionic polyelectrolyte dispersants on the stability and rheology of aqueous boron carbide (B4C) suspensions were investigated using zeta potential measurements, settling experiments, and rheological stu... Read More about Dispersion and stability of colloidal boron carbide suspensions.

A Reactive Prodrug Ink Formulation Strategy for Inkjet 3D Printing of Controlled Release Dosage Forms and Implants (2020)
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He, Y., Foralosso, R., Ferraz Trindade, G., Ilchev, A., Cantu, L. R., Clark, E., …Wildman, R. D. (2020). A Reactive Prodrug Ink Formulation Strategy for Inkjet 3D Printing of Controlled Release Dosage Forms and Implants. Advanced Therapeutics, 3(6), Article 1900187. https://doi.org/10.1002/adtp.201900187

We propose a strategy for creating tuneable 3D printed drug delivery devices. 3D printing offers the opportunity for improved compliance and patient treatment outcomes through personalisation, but bottlenecks include finding formulations that provide... Read More about A Reactive Prodrug Ink Formulation Strategy for Inkjet 3D Printing of Controlled Release Dosage Forms and Implants.

The Effects of Feature Sizes in Selectively Laser Melted Ti-6Al-4V Parts on the Validity of Optimised Process Parameters (2019)
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Phutela, C., Aboulkhair, N. T., Tuck, C. J., & Ashcroft, I. (2019). The Effects of Feature Sizes in Selectively Laser Melted Ti-6Al-4V Parts on the Validity of Optimised Process Parameters. Materials, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13010117

Ti-6Al-4V is a popular alloy due to its high strength-to-weight ratio and excellent corrosion resistance. Many applications of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V using selective laser melting (SLM) have reached technology readiness. However, issues li... Read More about The Effects of Feature Sizes in Selectively Laser Melted Ti-6Al-4V Parts on the Validity of Optimised Process Parameters.

Evolution of carbon nanotubes and their metallurgical reactions in Al-based composites in response to laser irradiation during selective laser melting (2019)
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Aboulkhair, N. T., Simonelli, M., Salama, E., Rance, G., Neate, N. C., Tuck, C. J., …Hague, R. J. (2019). Evolution of carbon nanotubes and their metallurgical reactions in Al-based composites in response to laser irradiation during selective laser melting. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 765, Article 138307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2019.138307

Aluminium-based composites reinforced with carbon nanotubes are widely sought for their outstanding metallurgical and structural properties that largely depend on the manufacturing route. In this work, the process-structure-property relationship for... Read More about Evolution of carbon nanotubes and their metallurgical reactions in Al-based composites in response to laser irradiation during selective laser melting.

Multifunctional Bioinstructive 3D Architectures to Modulate Cellular Behavior (2019)
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Vaithilingam, J., Sanjuan‐Alberte, P., Campora, S., Rance, G. A., Jiang, L., Thorpe, J., …Rawson, F. J. (2019). Multifunctional Bioinstructive 3D Architectures to Modulate Cellular Behavior. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(38), Article 1902016. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201902016

Biological structures control cell behavior via physical, chemical, electrical, and mechanical cues. Approaches that allow us to build devices that mimic these cues in a combinatorial way are lacking due to there being no suitable instructive materia... Read More about Multifunctional Bioinstructive 3D Architectures to Modulate Cellular Behavior.

High-throughput characterization of fluid properties to predict droplet ejection for three-dimensional inkjet printing formulations (2019)
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Zhou, Z., Ruiz Cantu, L., Chen, X., Alexander, M. R., Roberts, C. J., Hague, R., …Wildman, R. (2019). High-throughput characterization of fluid properties to predict droplet ejection for three-dimensional inkjet printing formulations. Additive Manufacturing, 29, Article 100792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2019.100792

Inkjet printing has been used as an Additive Manufacturing (AM) method to fabricate three-dimensional (3D) structures. However, a lack of materials suitable for inkjet printing poses one of the key challenges that impedes industry from fully adopting... Read More about High-throughput characterization of fluid properties to predict droplet ejection for three-dimensional inkjet printing formulations.

3D printing of Aluminium alloys: Additive Manufacturing of Aluminium alloys using selective laser melting (2019)
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Aboulkhair, N. T., Simonelli, M., Parry, L., Ashcroft, I., Tuck, C., & Hague, R. (2019). 3D printing of Aluminium alloys: Additive Manufacturing of Aluminium alloys using selective laser melting. Progress in Materials Science, 106, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2019.100578

© 2019 The Authors Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes, such as selective laser melting (SLM), enable the fabrication of arbitrary 3D-structures with unprecedented degrees of freedom. Research is rapidly progressing in this field, with promis... Read More about 3D printing of Aluminium alloys: Additive Manufacturing of Aluminium alloys using selective laser melting.

Rheological Tunability of Perovskite Precursor Solutions: From Spin Coating to Inkjet Printing Process (2019)
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Giuri, A., Saleh, E., Listorti, A., Colella, S., Rizzo, A., Tuck, C., & esposito corcione, C. (2019). Rheological Tunability of Perovskite Precursor Solutions: From Spin Coating to Inkjet Printing Process. Nanomaterials, 9(4), Article 582. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9040582

The high efficiencies (>22%) reached by perovskite-based optoelectronic devices in a very short period, demonstrates the great potential and tunability of this material. The current challenge lies in translating such efficiencies to commercially feas... Read More about Rheological Tunability of Perovskite Precursor Solutions: From Spin Coating to Inkjet Printing Process.

Dynamics of water evaporation from porous asphalt (2019)
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Aboufoul, M., Shokri, N., Saleh, E., Tuck, C., & Garcia, A. (2019). Dynamics of water evaporation from porous asphalt. Construction and Building Materials, 202, 406-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.01.043

The dynamics of water evaporation from porous asphalt mixture, with porosity ranging from 15% to 12 29%, have been investigated in this article. In order to test the same samples under different conditions, the pore structure of asphalt was quantifi... Read More about Dynamics of water evaporation from porous asphalt.

Reactive material jetting of polyimide insulators for complex circuit board design (2018)
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Zhang, F., Saleh, E., Vaithilingam, J., Li, Y., Tuck, C., Hague, R., …He, Y. (2019). Reactive material jetting of polyimide insulators for complex circuit board design. Additive Manufacturing, 25, 477-484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2018.11.017

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.

Design and optical characterisation of an efficient light trapping structure for dye-sensitized solar cell integrated windows (2018)
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Knott, A., Liu, X., Makarovskiy, O., O'Shea, J., Tuck, C., & Wu, Y. (2019). Design and optical characterisation of an efficient light trapping structure for dye-sensitized solar cell integrated windows. Building Simulation, 12(1), 41-49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-018-0485-1

Windows integrated with semi-transparent photovoltaics (PVs) such as Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) show good potential in improving building performance, in term of providing daylight, reducing unnecessary solar heat gain and also generating ele... Read More about Design and optical characterisation of an efficient light trapping structure for dye-sensitized solar cell integrated windows.

Selective recrystallization of cellulose composite powders and microstructure creation through 3D binder jetting (2018)
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Holland, S., Tuck, C., & Foster, T. (2018). Selective recrystallization of cellulose composite powders and microstructure creation through 3D binder jetting. Carbohydrate Polymers, 200, 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.07.064

Binder jetting is an additive manufacturing technique in which powdered material is sequentially laid down and printed on by an ink binder, in a selective manner, to form a 3D object. Unfortunately work in this area relevant to food materials is larg... Read More about Selective recrystallization of cellulose composite powders and microstructure creation through 3D binder jetting.

Band gap behavior of optimal one-dimensional composite structures with an additive manufactured stiffener (2018)
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Ampatzidis, T., Leach, R. K., Tuck, C., & Chronopoulos, D. (2018). Band gap behavior of optimal one-dimensional composite structures with an additive manufactured stiffener. Composites Part B: Engineering, 153, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.07.012

In this work, the banded behaviour of composite one-dimensional structures with an additive manufactured stiffener is examined. A finite element method is used to calculate the stiffness, mass and damping matrices, and periodic structure theory is us... Read More about Band gap behavior of optimal one-dimensional composite structures with an additive manufactured stiffener.

Optimisation of substrate angles for multi-material and multi-functional inkjet printing (2018)
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Vaithilingam, J., Saleh, E., Wildman, R. D., Hague, R. J., & Tuck, C. (2018). Optimisation of substrate angles for multi-material and multi-functional inkjet printing. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 9030. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27311-6

Three dimensional inkjet printing of multiple materials for electronics applications are challenging due to the limited material availability, inconsistencies in layer thickness between dissimilar materials and the need to expose the printed tracks o... Read More about Optimisation of substrate angles for multi-material and multi-functional inkjet printing.

Effective design and simulation of surface-based lattice structures featuring volume fraction and cell type grading (2018)
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Maskery, I., Aremu, A., Parry, L., Wildman, R., Tuck, C., & Ashcroft, I. (2018). Effective design and simulation of surface-based lattice structures featuring volume fraction and cell type grading. Materials and Design, 155, 220-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.05.058

In this paper we present a numerical investigation into surface-based lattice structures with the aim of facilitating their design for additive manufacturing. We give the surface equations for these structures and show how they can be used to tailor... Read More about Effective design and simulation of surface-based lattice structures featuring volume fraction and cell type grading.

3D-printed components for quantum devices (2018)
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Saint, R., Evans, W., Zhou, Y., Barrett, T. J., Fromhold, T., Saleh, E., …Krüger, P. (2018). 3D-printed components for quantum devices. Scientific Reports, 8, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26455-9

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.

A comparison of Ti-6Al-4V in-situ alloying in Selective Laser Melting using simply-mixed and satellited powder blend feedstocks (2018)
Journal Article
Simonelli, M., Aboulkhair, N. T., Cohen, P., Murray, J. W., Clare, A. T., Tuck, C., & Hague, R. J. (in press). A comparison of Ti-6Al-4V in-situ alloying in Selective Laser Melting using simply-mixed and satellited powder blend feedstocks. Materials Characterization, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2018.05.039

In-situ alloying within laser powder-bed fusion, specifically Selective Laser Melting (SLM), has been investigated for the formulation of novel alloys from elemental powders to extend the benefits offered by these technologies. Inadequate preparation... Read More about A comparison of Ti-6Al-4V in-situ alloying in Selective Laser Melting using simply-mixed and satellited powder blend feedstocks.

Compressive failure modes and energy absorption in additively manufactured double gyroid lattices (2018)
Journal Article
Maskery, I., Aboulkhair, N. T., Aremu, A., Tuck, C., & Ashcroft, I. (in press). Compressive failure modes and energy absorption in additively manufactured double gyroid lattices. Additive Manufacturing, 16, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.04.003

Lattice structures are excellent candidates for lightweight, energy absorbing applications such as personal protective equipment. In this paper we explore several important aspects of lattice design and production by metal additive manufacturing, inc... Read More about Compressive failure modes and energy absorption in additively manufactured double gyroid lattices.

Scanning photocurrent microscopy of 3D printed light trapping structures in dye-sensitized solar cells (2018)
Journal Article
Knott, A. N., Makarovsky, O., O’Shea, P., Tuck, C., & Wu, Y. (2018). Scanning photocurrent microscopy of 3D printed light trapping structures in dye-sensitized solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 180, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.02.028

Converting solar energy directly into electricity as a clean and renewable energy resource is immensely important to solving the energy crisis and environmental pollution problems induced by the consumption of fossil fuels. Dye-sensitized solar cells... Read More about Scanning photocurrent microscopy of 3D printed light trapping structures in dye-sensitized solar cells.

Fluid gels: a new feedstock for high viscosity jetting (2018)
Journal Article
Holland, S., Tuck, C., & Foster, T. (2018). Fluid gels: a new feedstock for high viscosity jetting. Food Biophysics, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11483-018-9523-x

Suspensions of gel particles which are pourable or spoonable at room temperature can be created by shearing a gelling biopolymer through its gelation (thermal or ion mediated) rather than allowing quiescent cooling – thus the term ‘fluid gel’ may be... Read More about Fluid gels: a new feedstock for high viscosity jetting.

Author Correction: Additive manufacture of complex 3D Au-containing nanocomposites by simultaneous two-photon polymerisation and photoreduction (2018)
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Hu, Q., Sun, X., Parmenter, C. D. J., Fay, M. W., Smith, E. F., Rance, G. A., …Wildman, R. (2018). Author Correction: Additive manufacture of complex 3D Au-containing nanocomposites by simultaneous two-photon polymerisation and photoreduction. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 3512. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21513-8

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Creep behaviour of inconel 718 processed by laser powder bed fusion (2018)
Journal Article
Xu, Z., Hyde, C., Tuck, C., & Clare, A. (2018). Creep behaviour of inconel 718 processed by laser powder bed fusion. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 256, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2018.01.040

Additive manufacturing lends itself well to the manufacture of aerospace parts due to the high complexity and small volume of many components found in modern aero engines. By exploiting additive manufacturing design freedoms, enhanced part functional... Read More about Creep behaviour of inconel 718 processed by laser powder bed fusion.

Identification of novel ‘inks’ for 3D printing using high throughput screening: bioresorbable photocurable polymers for controlled drug delivery (2018)
Journal Article
Louzao, I., Koch, B., Taresco, V., Ruiz Cantu, L., Irvine, D. J., Roberts, C. J., …Alexander, M. R. (in press). Identification of novel ‘inks’ for 3D printing using high throughput screening: bioresorbable photocurable polymers for controlled drug delivery. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(8), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b15677

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.

Insights into the mechanical properties of several triplyperiodic minimal surface lattice structures made by polymeradditive manufacturing (2017)
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Maskery, I., Sturm, L., Aremu, A., Panesar, A., Williams, C., Tuck, C., …Hague, R. J. (2018). Insights into the mechanical properties of several triplyperiodic minimal surface lattice structures made by polymeradditive manufacturing. Polymer, 152, 62-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2017.11.049

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)
Journal Article
Parmenter, C. D. J., Hu, Q., Sun, X. Z., Parmenter, C. D., Fay, M. W., Smith, E. F., …Wildman, R. (2017). Additive manufacture of complex 3D Au-containing nanocomposites by simultaneous two-photon polymerisation and photoreduction. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article 17150. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17391-1

© 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.

Using laser ultrasound to detect sub-surface defects in metal laser powder bed fusion components (2017)
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Everton, S. K., Dickens, P., Tuck, C., & Dutton, B. (in press). Using laser ultrasound to detect sub-surface defects in metal laser powder bed fusion components. JOM Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-017-2661-7

Laser powder bed fusion offers many advantages over conventional manufacturing methods, such as the integration of multiple parts which can result in significant weight-savings. The increased design freedom that layer-wise manufacture allows has also... Read More about Using laser ultrasound to detect sub-surface defects in metal laser powder bed fusion components.

3-dimensional inkjet printing of macro structures from silver nanoparticles (2017)
Journal Article
Vaithilingam, J., Saleh, E., Körner, L., Wildman, R. D., Hague, R. J., Leach, R. K., & Tuck, C. J. (2018). 3-dimensional inkjet printing of macro structures from silver nanoparticles. Materials and Design, 139, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.10.070

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.

Defect evolution in laser powder bed fusion additive manufactured components during thermo-mechanical testing (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Xu, Z., Hyde, C. J., Thompson, A., Leach, R. K., Maskery, I., Tuck, C., & Clare, A. T. (2017). Defect evolution in laser powder bed fusion additive manufactured components during thermo-mechanical testing.

The mechanical performance of additively manufactured (AM) components remains an issue, limiting the implementation of AM technologies. In this work, a new method is presented, to examine the evolution of defects in an Inconel 718 two-bar test specim... Read More about Defect evolution in laser powder bed fusion additive manufactured components during thermo-mechanical testing.

Meso-scale defect evaluation of selective laser melting using spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (2017)
Journal Article
Hirsch, M., Catchpole-Smith, S., Patel, R., Marrow, P., Li, W., Tuck, C., …Clare, A. T. (2017). Meso-scale defect evaluation of selective laser melting using spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473(2205), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2017.0194

Developments in additive manufacturing technology are serving to expand the potential applications. Critical developments are required in the supporting areas of measurement and in process inspection to achieve this. CM247LC is a nickel superalloy th... Read More about Meso-scale defect evaluation of selective laser melting using spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy.

3D reactive inkjet printing of polydimethylsiloxane (2017)
Journal Article
Sturgess, C., Tuck, C. J., Ashcroft, I. A., & Wildman, R. D. (2017). 3D reactive inkjet printing of polydimethylsiloxane. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5(37), 9733-9745. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7tc02412f

© 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)
Journal Article
Saleh, E., Zhang, F., He, Y., Vaithilingam, J., Fernandez, J. L., Wildman, R. D., …Tuck, C. (2017). 3D inkjet printing of electronics using UV conversion. Advanced Materials Technologies, 2(10), Article 1700134. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.201700134

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.

Valorisation of lignin by depolymerisation and fractionation using supercritical fluids and conventional solvents (2017)
Journal Article
Perez, E., Tuck, C. O., & Poliakoff, M. (in press). Valorisation of lignin by depolymerisation and fractionation using supercritical fluids and conventional solvents. Journal of Supercritical Fluids, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2017.07.033

A procedure for Lignosulphonate valorisation is investigated. An attempt has been made to obtain diverse value-added products maximizing the atom economy. This procedure is carried in sequential steps starting with an oxidative depolymerization in su... Read More about Valorisation of lignin by depolymerisation and fractionation using supercritical fluids and conventional solvents.

Staged thermomechanical testing of nickel superalloys produced by selective laser melting (2017)
Journal Article
Xu, Z., Hyde, C. J., Thompson, A., Leach, R. K., Maskery, I., Tuck, C., & Clare, A. T. (2017). Staged thermomechanical testing of nickel superalloys produced by selective laser melting. Materials and Design, 133, 520-527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.08.009

The creep performance of additively manufactured components remains an issue before additive manufacturing can be put fully implemented. In this study, Inconel 718 two-bar specimens are produced by selective laser melting and subjected to a ‘staged’... Read More about Staged thermomechanical testing of nickel superalloys produced by selective laser melting.

3D printing of tablets using inkjet with UV photoinitiation (2017)
Journal Article
Clark, E. A., Alexander, M. R., Irvine, D. J., Roberts, C. J., Wallace, M. J., Sharpe, S., …Wildman, R. D. (2017). 3D printing of tablets using inkjet with UV photoinitiation. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 529(1-2), 523-530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.06.085

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.

Design and characterisation of food grade powders and inks for microstructure control using 3D printing (2017)
Journal Article
Holland, S., Foster, T., MacNaughtan, W., & Tuck, C. (2018). Design and characterisation of food grade powders and inks for microstructure control using 3D printing. Journal of Food Engineering, 220, 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2017.06.008

Additive Manufacturing techniques have been previously applied to food materials with direct consumption in mind, as opposed to creating structural ingredients as shown in this study. First, semi-crystalline cellulose was mechanically treated by ball... Read More about Design and characterisation of food grade powders and inks for microstructure control using 3D printing.

Multi-branched benzylidene ketone based photoinitiators for multiphoton fabrication (2017)
Journal Article
Zhang, F., Hu, Q., Castanon, A., He, Y., Liu, Y., Paul, B., …Wildman, R. D. (2017). Multi-branched benzylidene ketone based photoinitiators for multiphoton fabrication. Additive Manufacturing, 16, 206-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.06.008

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)
Journal Article
Aboulkhair, N., He, Y., Zhang, F., Saleh, E., Vaithilingam, J., Aboulkhair, N. T., …Wildman, R. D. (2017). A Tripropylene Glycol Diacrylate-based Polymeric Support Ink for Material Jetting. Additive Manufacturing, 16, 153-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.06.001

© 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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Lemke, J., Simonelli, M., Garibaldi, M., Ashcroft, I., Hague, R., Vedani, M., …Tuck, C. (2017). Calorimetric study and microstructure analysis of the order-disorder phase transformation in silicon steel built by SLM. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 722, 293-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.06.085

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.

Selective laser melting of aluminium alloys (2017)
Journal Article
Aboulkhair, N. T., Everitt, N. M., Maskery, I., Ashcroft, I., & Tuck, C. (2017). Selective laser melting of aluminium alloys. MRS Bulletin, 42(4), 311-319. https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2017.63

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes, such as selective laser melting, enable powdered metals to be formed into arbitrary 3D shapes. For aluminium alloys, which are desirable in many high-value applications for their low density and good mecha... Read More about Selective laser melting of aluminium alloys.

An investigation into the depth and time dependent behavior of UV cured 3D ink jet printed objects (2017)
Journal Article
Chen, X., Ashcroft, I., Tuck, C., He, Y., Hague, R. J., & Wildman, R. D. (2017). An investigation into the depth and time dependent behavior of UV cured 3D ink jet printed objects. Journal of Materials Research, 32(8), 1407-1420. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2017.4

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.

Fractal scan strategies for selective laser melting of ‘unweldable’ nickel superalloys (2017)
Journal Article
Catchpole-Smith, S., Aboulkhair, N., Parry, L., Tuck, C., Ashcroft, I., & Clare, A. (in press). Fractal scan strategies for selective laser melting of ‘unweldable’ nickel superalloys. Additive Manufacturing, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.02.002

The high thermal gradients experienced during manufacture via selective laser melting commonly result in cracking of high γ/γ′ Nickel based superalloys. Such defects cannot be tolerated in applications where component integrity is of paramount import... Read More about Fractal scan strategies for selective laser melting of ‘unweldable’ nickel superalloys.

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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Vaithilingam, J., Simonelli, M., Saleh, E., Senin, N., Wildman, R. D., Hague, R. J. M., …Tuck, C. J. (2017). Combined inkjet printing and infrared sintering of silver nanoparticles using a swathe-by-swathe and layer-by-layer approach for 3-dimensional structures. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(7), 6560-6570. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b14787

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.

A novel approach to design lesion-specific stents for minimum recoil (2016)
Journal Article
Farhan Khan, M., Brackett, D., Ashcroft, I., Tuck, C., & Wildman, R. D. (in press). A novel approach to design lesion-specific stents for minimum recoil. Journal of Medical Devices, 11(1), Article 011001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034880

Stent geometries are obtained by topology optimization for minimized compliance under different stenosis levels and plaque material types. Three levels of stenosis by cross-sectional area, i.e., 30%, 40%, and 50% and three different plaque material p... Read More about A novel approach to design lesion-specific stents for minimum recoil.

A voxel-based method of constructing and skinning conformal and functionally graded lattice structures suitable for additive manufacturing (2016)
Journal Article
Aremu, A., Brennan-Craddock, J., Panesar, A., Ashcroft, I., Hague, R. J., Wildman, R. D., & Tuck, C. (in press). A voxel-based method of constructing and skinning conformal and functionally graded lattice structures suitable for additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 13, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2016.10.006

Additive Manufacturing (AM) enables the production of geometrically complex parts that are difficult to manufacture by other means. However, conventional CAD systems are limited in the representation of such parts. This issue is exacerbated when latt... Read More about A voxel-based method of constructing and skinning conformal and functionally graded lattice structures suitable for additive manufacturing.

A combined inverse finite element – elastoplastic modelling method to simulate the size-effect in nanoindentation and characterise materials from the nano to micro-scale (2016)
Journal Article
Chen, X., Ashcroft, I., Wildman, R. D., & Tuck, C. (2017). A combined inverse finite element – elastoplastic modelling method to simulate the size-effect in nanoindentation and characterise materials from the nano to micro-scale. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 104-105, 25-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2016.11.004

Material properties such as hardness can be dependent on the size of the indentation load when that load is small, a phenomenon known as the indentation size effect (ISE). In this work an inverse finite element method (IFEM) is used to investigate th... Read More about A combined inverse finite element – elastoplastic modelling method to simulate the size-effect in nanoindentation and characterise materials from the nano to micro-scale.

3D inkjet-printed UV-curable inks for multi-functional electromagnetic applications (2016)
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Saleh, E., Woolliams, P., Clarke, B., Gregory, A., Greedy, S., Smartt, C., …Tuck, C. (2017). 3D inkjet-printed UV-curable inks for multi-functional electromagnetic applications. Additive Manufacturing, 13, 143-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2016.10.002

Inkjet printing of multiple materials is usually processed in multiple steps due to various jetting and curing/sintering conditions. In this paper we report on the development of all inkjet-printed UV-curable electromagnetic responsive inks in a sing... Read More about 3D inkjet-printed UV-curable inks for multi-functional electromagnetic applications.

Additive manufacture of three dimensional nanocomposite based objects through multiphoton fabrication (2016)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., Hu, Q., Zhang, F., Tuck, C., Irvine, D., Hague, R. J., …Wildman, R. D. (2016). Additive manufacture of three dimensional nanocomposite based objects through multiphoton fabrication. Polymers, 8(9), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8090325

Three dimensional structures prepared from a gold-polymer composite formulation have been fabricated using multiphoton lithography. In this process, gold nanoparticles were simultaneously formed through photoreduction whilst polymerisation of two pos... Read More about Additive manufacture of three dimensional nanocomposite based objects through multiphoton fabrication.

Development, printability and post-curing studies of formulations of materials resistant to microbial attachment for use in inkjet based 3D printing (2016)
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Begines, B., Hook, A. L., Alexander, M. R., Tuck, C. J., & Wildman, R. D. (2016). Development, printability and post-curing studies of formulations of materials resistant to microbial attachment for use in inkjet based 3D printing. Rapid Prototyping Journal, 22(5), 835-841. https://doi.org/10.1108/RPJ-11-2015-0175

Purpose: This paper aims to print 3D structures from polymers that resist bacterial attachment by reactive jetting of acrylate monomers. Design/methodology/approach: The first step towards printing was ink development. Inks were characterised to car... Read More about Development, printability and post-curing studies of formulations of materials resistant to microbial attachment for use in inkjet based 3D printing.

A mechanical property evaluation of graded density Al-Si10-Mg lattice structures manufactured by selective laser melting (2016)
Journal Article
Maskery, I., Aboulkhair, N., Aremu, A., Tuck, C., Ashcroft, I., Wildman, R., & Hague, R. (2016). A mechanical property evaluation of graded density Al-Si10-Mg lattice structures manufactured by selective laser melting. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 670, 264-274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2016.06.013

Metal components with applications across a range of industrial sectors can be manufactured by selective laser melting (SLM). A particular strength of SLM is its ability to manufacture components incorporating periodic lattice structures not realisab... Read More about A mechanical property evaluation of graded density Al-Si10-Mg lattice structures manufactured by selective laser melting.

A new photocrosslinkable polycaprolactone based ink for three dimensional inkjet printing (2016)
Journal Article
He, Y., Tuck, C., Prina, E., Kilsby, S., Christie, S. D., Edmondson, S., …Wildman, R. D. (2017). A new photocrosslinkable polycaprolactone based ink for three dimensional inkjet printing. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 105(6), 1645-1657. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.33699

A new type of photocrosslinkable polycaprolactone (PCL)-based ink that is suitable for three-dimensional (3D) inkjet printing has been developed. Photocrosslinkable PCL dimethylacrylate was synthesized and mixed with poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate... Read More about A new photocrosslinkable polycaprolactone based ink for three dimensional inkjet printing.

Improving the fatigue behaviour of a selectively laser melted aluminium alloy: Influence of heat treatment and surface quality (2016)
Journal Article
Aboulkhair, N. T., Maskery, I., Tuck, C., Ashcroft, I., & Everitt, N. M. (2016). Improving the fatigue behaviour of a selectively laser melted aluminium alloy: Influence of heat treatment and surface quality. Materials and Design, 104, 174-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2016.05.041

Selective laser melting (SLM) is being widely utilised to fabricate intricate structures used in various industries. Widening the range of applications that can benefit from such promising technology requires validating SLM parts in load bearing appl... Read More about Improving the fatigue behaviour of a selectively laser melted aluminium alloy: Influence of heat treatment and surface quality.

The microstructure and mechanical properties of selectively laser melted AlSi10Mg: The effect of a conventional T6-like heat treatment (2016)
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Aboulkhair, N. T., Maskery, I., Tuck, C., Ashcroft, I., & Everitt, N. M. (2016). The microstructure and mechanical properties of selectively laser melted AlSi10Mg: The effect of a conventional T6-like heat treatment. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 667, 139-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2016.04.092

Selective laser melting (SLM) of aluminium is of research interest because of its potential benefits to high value manufacturing applications in the aerospace and automotive industries. In order to demonstrate the credibility of SLM Al parts, their m... Read More about The microstructure and mechanical properties of selectively laser melted AlSi10Mg: The effect of a conventional T6-like heat treatment.

An investigation into reinforced and functionally graded lattice structures (2016)
Journal Article
Maskery, I., Hussey, A., Panesar, A., Aremu, A., Tuck, C., Ashcroft, I., & Hague, R. J. (in press). An investigation into reinforced and functionally graded lattice structures. Journal of Cellular Plastics, https://doi.org/10.1177/0021955X16639035

Lattice structures are regarded as excellent candidates for use in lightweight energy absorbing applications, such as crash protection. In this paper we investigate the crushing behaviour, mechanical properties and energy absorption of lattices made... Read More about An investigation into reinforced and functionally graded lattice structures.

Surface microstructuring to modify wettability for 3D printing of nano-filled inks (2016)
Journal Article
Vafaei, S., Tuck, C., Ashcroft, I., & Wildman, R. D. (2016). Surface microstructuring to modify wettability for 3D printing of nano-filled inks. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2016.02.004

This paper investigates the effect of surface wettability on the cross-sectional profiles of printed nanofluid inks which can have a significant role on conductivity of printed lines that are used in the production of printed electronics. Glass subst... Read More about Surface microstructuring to modify wettability for 3D printing of nano-filled inks.

Inkjet printing of polyimide insulators for the 3D printing of dielectric materials for microelectronic applications (2016)
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Zhang, F., Tuck, C., Hague, R. J., He, Y., Saleh, E., Li, Y., …Wildman, R. D. (2016). Inkjet printing of polyimide insulators for the 3D printing of dielectric materials for microelectronic applications. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/APP.43361

In this article, we report the first continuous fabrication of inkjet-printed polyimide films, which were used as insulating layers for the production of capacitors. The polyimide ink was prepared from its precursor poly(amic) acid, and directly prin... Read More about Inkjet printing of polyimide insulators for the 3D printing of dielectric materials for microelectronic applications.

Shape complexity and process energy consumption in electron beam melting: a case of something for nothing in additive manufacturing? (2016)
Journal Article
Baumers, M., Tuck, C., Wildman, R. D., Ashcroft, I., & Hague, R. J. (in press). Shape complexity and process energy consumption in electron beam melting: a case of something for nothing in additive manufacturing?. Journal of Industrial Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.12397

Additive manufacturing (AM) technology is capable of building up component geometry in a layer-by-layer process, entirely without tools, molds, or dies. One advantage of the approach is that it is capable of efficiently creating complex product geome... Read More about Shape complexity and process energy consumption in electron beam melting: a case of something for nothing in additive manufacturing?.

Three dimensional ink-jet printing of biomaterials using ionic liquids and co-solvents (2016)
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Gunasekera, D. H., Kuek, S., Hasanaj, D., He, Y., Tuck, C., Croft, A. K., & Wildman, R. D. (2016). Three dimensional ink-jet printing of biomaterials using ionic liquids and co-solvents. Faraday Discussions, 190, 509-523. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00219B

1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2C1Im][OAc]) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C4C1Im][OAc]) have been used as solvents for the dissolution and ink-jet printing of cellulose from 1.0 to 4.8 wt%, mixed with the co-solvents 1-butanol and... Read More about Three dimensional ink-jet printing of biomaterials using ionic liquids and co-solvents.

Nanoindentation shows uniform local mechanical properties across melt pools and layers produced by selective laser melting of AlSi10Mg alloy (2016)
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Everitt, N. M., Aboulkhair, N. T., Maskery, I., Tuck, C., & Ashcroft, I. (2016). Nanoindentation shows uniform local mechanical properties across melt pools and layers produced by selective laser melting of AlSi10Mg alloy. https://doi.org/10.5185/amlett.2016.6171

Single track and single layer AlSi10Mg has been produced by selective laser melting (SLM) of alloy powder on a AlSi12 cast substrate. The SLM technique produced a cellular-dendritic ultra-fined grained microstructure. Chemical composition mapping an... Read More about Nanoindentation shows uniform local mechanical properties across melt pools and layers produced by selective laser melting of AlSi10Mg alloy.

Quantification and characterisation of porosity in selectively laser melted Al–Si10–Mg using x-ray computed tomography (2016)
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Maskery, I., Aboulkhair, N., Corfield, M., Tuck, C., Clare, A., Leach, R. K., …Hague, R. J. (2016). Quantification and characterisation of porosity in selectively laser melted Al–Si10–Mg using x-ray computed tomography. Materials Characterization, 111, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2015.12.001

We used X-ray computed tomography (CT), microscopy and hardness measurements to study Al–Si10–Mg produced by selective laser melting (SLM). Specimens were subject to a series of heat treatments including annealing and precipitation hardening. The spe... Read More about Quantification and characterisation of porosity in selectively laser melted Al–Si10–Mg using x-ray computed tomography.

An inverse method for determining the spatially resolved properties of viscoelastic–viscoplastic three-dimensional printed materials (2015)
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Chen, X., Ashcroft, I., Wildman, R. D., & Tuck, C. (2015). An inverse method for determining the spatially resolved properties of viscoelastic–viscoplastic three-dimensional printed materials. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 471(2183), Article 20150477. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2015.0477

A method using experimental nanoindentation and inverse finite-element analysis (FEA) has been developed that enables the spatial variation of material constitutive properties to be accurately determined. The method was used to measure property varia... Read More about An inverse method for determining the spatially resolved properties of viscoelastic–viscoplastic three-dimensional printed materials.

On the formation of AlSi10Mg single tracks and layers in selective laser melting: Microstructure and nano-mechanical properties (2015)
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Aboulkhair, N. T., Maskery, I., Tuck, C., Ashcroft, I., & Everitt, N. M. (2016). On the formation of AlSi10Mg single tracks and layers in selective laser melting: Microstructure and nano-mechanical properties. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 230, 88-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2015.11.016

Selective laser melting (SLM) is a relatively new manufacturing technique that can be used to process a range of materials. Aluminum alloys are potential candidates for SLM but are more difficult to process than the titanium alloys more commonly used... Read More about On the formation of AlSi10Mg single tracks and layers in selective laser melting: Microstructure and nano-mechanical properties.

Toward better build volume packing in additive manufacturing: classification of existing problems and benchmarks (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Araujo, L., Özcan, E., Atkin, J., Baumers, M., Tuck, C., & Hague, R. J. (2015). Toward better build volume packing in additive manufacturing: classification of existing problems and benchmarks.

In many cases, the efficient operation of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology relies on build volumes being packed effectively. Packing algorithms have been developed in response to this requirement. The configuration of AM build volumes is partic... Read More about Toward better build volume packing in additive manufacturing: classification of existing problems and benchmarks.

On the Precipitation Hardening of Selective Laser Melted AlSi10Mg (2015)
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Tuck, C., Aboulkhair, N. T., Tuck, C., Ashcroft, I., Maskery, I., & Everitt, N. M. (2015). On the Precipitation Hardening of Selective Laser Melted AlSi10Mg. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46(8), 3337-3341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-015-2980-7

Precipitation hardening of selective laser melted AlSi10Mg was investigated in terms of solution heat treatment and aging duration. The influence on the microstructure and hardness was established, as was the effect on the size and density of Si part... Read More about On the Precipitation Hardening of Selective Laser Melted AlSi10Mg.

Mechanical Properties of Ti-6Al-4V Selectively Laser Melted Parts with Body-Centred-Cubic Lattices of Varying cell size (2015)
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Maskery, I., Aremu, A., Simonelli, M., Tuck, C., Wildman, R., Ashcroft, I., & Hague, R. (2015). Mechanical Properties of Ti-6Al-4V Selectively Laser Melted Parts with Body-Centred-Cubic Lattices of Varying cell size. Experimental Mechanics, 55(7), 1261-1272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-015-0021-5

Significant weight savings in parts can be made through the use of additive manufacture (AM), a process which enables the construction of more complex geometries, such as functionally graded lattices, than can be achieved conventionally. The existing... Read More about Mechanical Properties of Ti-6Al-4V Selectively Laser Melted Parts with Body-Centred-Cubic Lattices of Varying cell size.

The cost of additive manufacturing: machine productivity, economies of scale and technology-push (2015)
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Baumers, M., Dickens, P., Tuck, C., & Hague, R. (2016). The cost of additive manufacturing: machine productivity, economies of scale and technology-push. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 102, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2015.02.015

As part of the cosmos of digital fabrication technology, Additive Manufacturing (AM) systems are able to manufacture three-dimensional components and products directly from raw material and 3D design data. The layer-by-layer operating process of thes... Read More about The cost of additive manufacturing: machine productivity, economies of scale and technology-push.

A Study on the Laser Spatter and the Oxidation Reactions During Selective Laser Melting of 316L Stainless Steel, Al-Si10-Mg, and Ti-6Al-4V (2015)
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Hague, R., Tuck, C., Simonelli, M., Tuck, C., Aboulkhair, N. T., Maskery, I., …Hague, R. J. (2015). A Study on the Laser Spatter and the Oxidation Reactions During Selective Laser Melting of 316L Stainless Steel, Al-Si10-Mg, and Ti-6Al-4V. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46(9), 3842-3851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-015-2882-8

The creation of an object by selective laser melting (SLM) occurs by melting contiguous areas of a powder bed according to a corresponding digital model. It is therefore clear that the success of this metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology reli... Read More about A Study on the Laser Spatter and the Oxidation Reactions During Selective Laser Melting of 316L Stainless Steel, Al-Si10-Mg, and Ti-6Al-4V.

Nano-hardness and microstructure of selective laser melted AlSi10Mg scan tracks (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Aboulkhair, N. T., Tuck, C., Maskery, I., Ashcroft, I., & Everitt, N. (2015). Nano-hardness and microstructure of selective laser melted AlSi10Mg scan tracks. In Industrial Laser Applications Symposium (ILAS 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190015

Selective laser melting (SLM) of aluminium alloys faces more challenges than other ongoing alloys such as stainless steels and titanium alloys because of the material’s properties. It is important to study single scan tracks if high density large par... Read More about Nano-hardness and microstructure of selective laser melted AlSi10Mg scan tracks.

Reducing porosity in AlSi10Mg parts processed by selective laser melting (2014)
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Aboulkhair, N. T., Everitt, N. M., Ashcroft, I., & Tuck, C. (2014). Reducing porosity in AlSi10Mg parts processed by selective laser melting. Additive Manufacturing, 1-4, 77-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2014.08.001

Selective laser melting (SLM) is widely gaining popularity as an alternative manufacturing technique for complex and customized parts. SLM is a near net shape process with minimal post processing machining required dependent upon final application. T... Read More about Reducing porosity in AlSi10Mg parts processed by selective laser melting.

Aging behavior of thermoplastic elastomers in the laser sintering process (2014)
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Ziegelmeier, S., Wöllecke, F., Tuck, C. J., Goodridge, R. D., & Hague, R. J. (2014). Aging behavior of thermoplastic elastomers in the laser sintering process. Journal of Materials Research, 29(17), 1841-1851. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2014.172

It is known that polymers used in laser sintering (LS) change their intrinsic properties due to processing conditions that are close to the crystalline melting temperature. This paper evaluates the aging behavior of a thermoplastic polyurethane powde... Read More about Aging behavior of thermoplastic elastomers in the laser sintering process.

Effect of the build orientation on the mechanical properties and fracture modes of SLM Ti–6Al–4V (2014)
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Simonelli, M., Tse, Y., & Tuck, C. (2014). Effect of the build orientation on the mechanical properties and fracture modes of SLM Ti–6Al–4V. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 616, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2014.07.086

Recent research on the additive manufacturing (AM) of Ti alloys has shown that the mechanical properties of the parts are affected by the characteristic microstructure that originates from the AM process. To understand the effect of the microstructur... Read More about Effect of the build orientation on the mechanical properties and fracture modes of SLM Ti–6Al–4V.

An experimental study into the effects of bulk and flow behaviour of laser sintering polymer powders on resulting part properties (2014)
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Ziegelmeier, S., Christou, P., Wöllecke, F., Tuck, C., Goodridge, R. D., Hague, R. J., …Wintermantel, E. (2015). An experimental study into the effects of bulk and flow behaviour of laser sintering polymer powders on resulting part properties. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 215, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2014.07.029

The properties of parts manufactured by laser sintering (LS) are, amongst others, influenced by the packing and flow efficiencies of the powders being processed. In particular, this study investigated the influence of the bulk and flow characteris... Read More about An experimental study into the effects of bulk and flow behaviour of laser sintering polymer powders on resulting part properties.

The formation of α + β microstructure in as-fabricated selective laser melting of Ti–6Al–4V (2014)
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Simonelli, M., Tse, Y. Y., & Tuck, C. (2014). The formation of α + β microstructure in as-fabricated selective laser melting of Ti–6Al–4V. Journal of Materials Research, 29(17), 2028-2035. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2014.166

Ti-6Al-4V parts made by the additive manufacturing (AM) technique selective laser melting (SLM) generally show poor ductility due to their fine martensitic microstructure. This study was designed to assess whether a more suitable microstructure can b... Read More about The formation of α + β microstructure in as-fabricated selective laser melting of Ti–6Al–4V.

On the texture formation of selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V (2014)
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Simonelli, M., Tse, Y. Y., & Tuck, C. (2014). On the texture formation of selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 45(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-014-2218-0

Selective laser melting (SLM) has been shown to be an attractive manufacturing route for the production of α/β titanium alloys. The relationship between the SLM process parameters and the microstructure of titanium alloys has been the object of sever... Read More about On the texture formation of selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V.