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Residual polymer stabiliser causes anisotropic electrical conductivity during inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles

Communications Materials, 2021
Inkjet printed metal nanoparticles are known to have lower electrical conductivity than those produced by traditional approaches. Here, anisotropic electrical conductivity is attributed to organic residuals from the metal nanoparticle ink, reducing ...
Gustavo F. Trindade, Feiran Wang, Jisun Im, Yinfeng He, Adam Balogh, David Scurr, Ian Gilmore, Mariavitalia Tiddia, Ehab Saleh, David Pervan, Lyudmila Turyanska, Christopher J. Tuck, Ricky Wildman, Richard Hague, Clive J. Roberts   +14 more
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Theoretical stiffness limits of 4D printed self-folding metamaterials

Communications Materials, 2022
The 3D stiffness of a self-folded metamaterial structure is limited by the low stiffness required by the folding process. Here, the stiffness limits of self-folding bilayers are theoretically established by a nonlinear model and experimentally validated ...
Teunis van Manen, Vahid Moosabeiki Dehabadi, Mauricio Cruz Saldívar, Mohammad J. Mirzaali, Amir A. Zadpoor   +4 more
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The Influence of Nanoparticle Dispersions on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites Using SLA 3D Printing

Crystals, 2023
The synergistic integration of nanocomposites and 3D printing has opened a gateway to the future and is soon expected to surpass its rivalry with traditional manufacturing techniques.
Mussadiq Shah, Abid Ullah, Kashif Azher, Asif Ur Rehman, Nizami Akturk, Wang Juan, Celal Sami Tüfekci, Metin Uymaz Salamci   +7 more
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Analytical modelling for prediction and prevention of overflow occurrence in wire-based additive manufacturing

Virtual and Physical Prototyping
Increasing deposition rate is essential for higher productivity of additive manufacturing (AM). However, a high deposition rate usually requires high heat input to fully melt the fast-fed material, which could lead to defects due to molten material ...
Alireza M. Haghighi, Jialuo Ding, Yongle Sun, Wojciech Suder, Chong Wang, Paul Poulain, Xin Chen, Stewart Williams   +7 more
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Grain structure control during metal 3D printing by high-intensity ultrasound

Nature Communications, 2020
3D printing of metals produces elongated columnar grains which are usually detrimental to component performance. Here, the authors combine ultrasound and 3D printing to promote equiaxed and refined microstructures in a titanium alloy and a nickel-based ...
C. J. Todaro, M. A. Easton, D. Qiu, D. Zhang, M. J. Bermingham, E. W. Lui, M. Brandt, D. H. StJohn, M. Qian   +8 more
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Knowledge-based bidirectional thermal variable modelling for directed energy deposition additive manufacturing

Virtual and Physical Prototyping
Directed energy deposition additive manufacturing (DED-AM) has gained significant interest in producing large-scale metallic structural components. In this paper, a knowledge-based machine learning (ML) approach, combining both physics-based simulation ...
Jian Qin, Pradeeptta Taraphdar, Yongle Sun, James Wainwright, Wai Jun Lai, Shuo Feng, Jialuo Ding, Stewart Williams   +7 more
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Fast, facile and thermal damage free nanowelding of Ag nanowire for flexible transparent conductive film by pressure-assisted microwave irradiation

Scientific Reports, 2023
A fast and straightforward fabrication process for producing a robust, flexible, and transparent conductive film was demonstrated using nanowelding of Ag nanowires through pressure-assisted microwave irradiation.
Jong-Min Jeong, Minjeong Sohn, Junghwan Bang, Tae-Ik Lee, Min-Su Kim   +4 more
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In process monitoring of the thermal profile during solidification in laser directed energy deposition of aluminium

Additive Manufacturing Letters, 2022
The manufacturing of parts in a layer-by-layer fashion in laser based directed energy deposition (L-DED) of wire enables a unique flexibility and freedom of part design, but some technological challenges remain unsolved.
Christian Hagenlocher, Patrick O’Toole, Wei Xu, Milan Brandt, Mark Easton, Andrey Molotnikov   +5 more
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4D printing of shape-programmable polymer-derived ceramics via two-stage folding-assisted pyrolysis strategy

Virtual and Physical Prototyping
Polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs) can be used in wide applications due to their high hardness and stable chemical properties. However, these characteristics lead to the challenging controllable deformation of additively manufactured PDCs.
Long Jiang, Chongyu Long, Shufeng Xiong, Xuming Wang, Yan Mo, Jinhui Zeng, Zhiyuan Liu, Changyong Liu, Zhangwei Chen   +8 more
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On the development of twinning-induced plasticity in additively manufactured 316L stainless steel

Additive Manufacturing Letters, 2023
A report on twinning-induced plasticity in 316L stainless steel manufactured by metal additive manufacturing (AM) is presented. A tapered tensile test geometry was used which enabled the investigation of twin formation over a range of strain levels in a ...
D. Della Crociata, I. Maskery, R. Hague, M. Simonelli   +3 more
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