“Functional upcycling” of polymer waste towards the design of new materials

O Guselnikova, O Semyonov, E Sviridova… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Diversification of polymer waste recycling is one of the solutions to improve the current
environmental scenario. Upcycling is a promising strategy for converting polymer waste into …

3D printing filament as a second life of waste plastics—a review

K Mikula, D Skrzypczak, G Izydorczyk… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
In recent times, the issue of plastic recycling has become one of the leading issues of
environmental protection and waste management. Polymer materials have been found an …

Critical review of FDM 3D printing of PLA biocomposites filled with biomass resources, characterization, biodegradability, upcycling and opportunities for biorefineries

S Bhagia, K Bornani, R Agrawal, A Satlewal… - Applied Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing by fused deposition modeling (FDM) is an advanced additive
manufacturing technology for making thermoplastic-based structures. Several studies have …

Plastic recycling in additive manufacturing: A systematic literature review and opportunities for the circular economy

FAC Sanchez, H Boudaoud, M Camargo… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapid technical evolution of additive manufacturing (AM) enables a new path to a
circular economy using distributed recycling and production. This concept of Distributed …

[HTML][HTML] Additive manufacturing for sustainability and circular economy: needs, challenges, and opportunities for 3D printing of recycled polymeric waste

A Al Rashid, M Koç - Materials Today Sustainability, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymer-based product usage rapidly increases globally, leading to severe ecological,
social, environmental, health, and economic impacts. There has been an international push …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainability of additive manufacturing: the circular economy of materials and environmental perspectives

HA Colorado, EIG Velásquez, SN Monteiro - Journal of Materials Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
This research is a comprehensive review of the sustainability of additive manufacturing, from
the circular economy and recycling of materials to other environmental challenges involving …

Polymer recycling in additive manufacturing: An opportunity for the circular economy

V Shanmugam, O Das, RE Neisiany, K Babu… - Materials Circular …, 2020 - Springer
This article is a short review of the circular material economy and recycling in the additive
manufacturing (AM) of polymers. In the recent years, there has been a surge regarding the …

Material extrusion‐based additive manufacturing of polypropylene: A review on how to improve dimensional inaccuracy and warpage

M Spoerk, C Holzer… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Material extrusion‐based additive manufacturing (ME‐AM) is an emerging processing
technique that is characterized by the selective deposition of thermoplastic filaments in a …

Review of high-performance sustainable polymers in additive manufacturing

G Chyr, JM DeSimone - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Additive manufacturing (AM), commonly referred to as 3D printing, is viewed as a method of
rapid prototyping and an alternative to traditional manufacturing. Recently, there has been …

[HTML][HTML] A review of open source ventilators for COVID-19 and future pandemics

JM Pearce - F1000Research, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) threatens to overwhelm our medical
infrastructure at the regional level causing spikes in mortality rates because of shortages of …