Magnetically assisted drop-on-demand 3D printing of microstructured multimaterial composites

Wing Chung Liu; Vanessa Hui Yin Chou; Rohit Pratyush Behera; Hortense Le Ferrand

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32792-1

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Magnetically assisted drop-on-demand 3D printing of microstructured multimaterial composites

Wing Chung Liu,
Vanessa Hui Yin Chou,
Rohit Pratyush Behera,
Hortense Le Ferrand

Affiliations

Wing Chung Liu: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Vanessa Hui Yin Chou: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Rohit Pratyush Behera: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Hortense Le Ferrand: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32792-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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3D printed composites with hierarchically arranged fillers have been challenging to fabricate. Here, the authors make use of magnetically assisted droplet-based printing to 3D print voxelated structures with high filler content, localized control of filler material, and orientation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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