3D printing‐enabled nanoparticle alignment: a review of mechanisms and applications

W Xu, S Jambhulkar, D Ravichandran, Y Zhu… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D printing (additive manufacturing (AM)) has enormous potential for rapid tooling
and mass production due to its design flexibility and significant reduction of the timeline from …

Engineering materials with light: recent progress in digital light processing based 3D printing

Z Zhao, X Tian, X Song - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Digital light processing (DLP) based 3D printing is a well recognized area with tremendous
technical and commercial potential. The printing process is essentially a photochemical …

Limpet tooth‐inspired painless microneedles fabricated by magnetic field‐assisted 3D printing

X Li, W Shan, Y Yang, D Joralmon… - Advanced functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microneedle arrays show many advantages in drug delivery applications due to their
convenience and reduced risk of infection. Compared to other microscale manufacturing …

3D printing by multiphase silicone/water capillary inks

S Roh, DP Parekh, B Bharti, SD Stoyanov… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
3D printing of polymers is accomplished easily with thermoplastics as the extruded hot melt
solidifies rapidly during the printing process. Printing with liquid polymer precursors is more …

Multifunctional nacre-like materials

Z Ding, T Klein, C Barner-Kowollik, M Mirkhalaf - Materials Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nacre, the iridescent inner layer of seashells, displays an exceptional combination of
strength and toughness due to its 'brick-wall'architecture. Significant research has been …

Hierarchically structured composite fibers for real nanoscale manipulation of carbon nanotubes

W Xu, D Ravichandran, S Jambhulkar… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon nanotube (CNT)‐reinforced polymer fibers have broad applications in electrical,
thermal, optical, and smart applications. The key for mechanically robust fibers is the precise …

Controlled local orientation of 2D nanomaterials in 3D devices: methods and prospects for multifunctional designs and enhanced performance

H He, L Guan, H Le Ferrand - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials are sheet-like crystalline solids exhibiting remarkable
electrical, chemical, mechanical and optical properties. The emergence of 2D nanomaterials …

Superior mechanical and magnetic performance of highly anisotropic sendust‐flake composites freeze cast in a uniform magnetic field

K Yin, BA Reese, CR Sullivan… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite extensive research, the manufacture in the bulk of high‐performance flake‐based
magnetic composites with a highly aligned, nacre‐like structure remains challenging. Many …

Mechanical performance of additively manufactured fiber-reinforced functionally graded lattices

J Plocher, A Panesar - Jom, 2020 - Springer
Latticing has become a common design practice in additive manufacturing (AM) and
represents a key lightweighting strategy to date. Functional graded lattices (FGLs) have …

Measuring and simulating the local packing density resulting from ultrasound-directed self-assembly of spherical microparticles into specific patterns

S Noparast, F Guevara Vasquez, M Francoeur… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Ultrasound-directed self-assembly (DSA) enables organizing and orienting particles
dispersed in a fluid medium into specific patterns, thus agglomerating them into pattern …