Additive manufacturing of pure copper (Cu) via laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF) is
challenging due to the low energy absorptivity under infra-red laser. As a result, 3 …

With excellent thermal and electrical conductivity, pure copper has been widely used in
many industries. The development of additive manufacturing (AM) enables the prototyping of …

Laser processing of pure Cu is often challenging because of Cu's very low absorptivity to
most laser beams, and this difficulty is applicable to the recently developed laser powder …

In this article, the laser-based powder bed fusion (L-PBF) processing behavior of pure
copper powder is evaluated by employing a conventional infrared fiber laser with a …

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is an advanced direct-manufacturing technology, based on the
discrete-stacking principle. Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) is one of the most promising …

Zinc (Zn) is considered a promising biodegradable metal for implant applications due to its
appropriate degradability and favorable osteogenesis properties. In this work, laser powder …

Strut-based lattice structures (SLSs) have been widely used in modern industries including
aerospace, automobile and biological implant, due to their unique properties such as …

Fabrication of fully dense and highly conductive copper alloy parts via laser-based additive
manufacturing (L-AM) is challenging due to the high optical reflectivity of copper at λ= 1060 …

Micro laser powder bed fusion (µ-LPBF) additive manufacturing presents enormous
potential in fabricating complex metallic micro-components (ie the component with a feature …

Micro laser powder bed fusion (μLPBF) is an additive manufacturing process enabling the
fabrication of thin-walled metallic shell lattices at the micrometre scale. With wall thicknesses …