Special issue on 'Recent Advances in 3D Printing Technologies in Bioengineering’ for the Peer review Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing 2024-2025
Jan 31, 2025
Summary
Guest editor for Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing on a special issue on " Recent Advances in 3D Printing Technologies in Bioengineering’ with Selected Papers from the 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB 2024).
4D Printing: The Future of Additive Manufacturing
Oct 12, 2021
Summary
Researchers at Loughborough University have used acetone to strengthen polymers in "3D printed" material. They've dubbed their method "Material Treatment Extrusion Additive Manufacturing (MaTrEx-AM)", a hybrid of the popular material extrusion method used in additive manufacturing. This study is the first to demonstrate how mechanical and geometrical properties of polylactide (PLA) and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) manufactured by extrusion can be tailored by immersion in acetone. The combination of manufacturing and chemical treatment is a hybrid process that modifies mechanical properties in a time-controlled manner.