Additive manufacturing of structural materials

Guo Liu; Xiaofeng Zhang; Xuliang Chen; Yunhu He; Lizi Cheng; Mengke Huo; Jianan Yin; Fengqian Hao; Siyao Chen; Peiyu Wang; Shenghui Yi; Lei Wan; Zhengyi Mao; Zhou Chen; Xu Wang; Zhaowenbo Cao; Jian Lu

doi:10.1016/j.mser.2020.100596

Author(s)

Xiaofeng Zhang
Jianan Yin
Fengqian Hao
Siyao Chen
Peiyu Wang
Shenghui Yi
Lei Wan
Zhengyi Mao
Zhou Chen
Xu Wang
Zhaowenbo Cao
Jian Lu

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Detail(s)

Original language	English
Article number	100596
Journal / Publication	Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports
Volume	145
Online published	1 Apr 2021
Publication status	Published - Jul 2021

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Abstract

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, has boomed over the last 30 years, and its use has accelerated during the last 5 years. AM is a materials-oriented manufacturing technology, and printing resolution versus printing scalability/speed trade-off exists among various types of materials, including polymers, metals, ceramics, glasses, and composite materials. Four-dimensional (4D) printing, together with versatile transformation systems, drives researchers to achieve and utilize high dimensional AM. Multiple perspectives of the AM of structural materials have been raised and illustrated in this review, including multi-material AM (MMa-AM), multi-modulus AM (MMo-AM), multi-scale AM (MSc-AM), multi-system AM (MSy-AM), multi-dimensional AM (MD-AM), and multi-function AM (MF-AM). The rapid and tremendous development of AM materials and methods offers great potential for structural applications, such as in the aerospace field, the biomedical field, electronic devices, nuclear industry, flexible and wearable devices, soft sensors, actuators, and robotics, jewelry and art decorations, land transportation, underwater devices, and porous structures.