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Key Trends and Developments in the Additive Manufacturing Startup and Technology Landscape

Horvath D., Lux Research Inc., US

Lux Research provides strategic advice and ongoing intelligence in a number of technology domains, with a strong background in Advanced Materials and Design and Manufacturing. This research constitutes interviews with startup founders and executives, combined [...]

Drop-on-Demand 3D Metal Printing

Karampelas I.H., Vader S., Vader Z., Vader S., Vader Z., Sukhotskiy V., Verma A., Garg G., Tong M., Furlani E.P., University at Buffalo, US

At present, most 3D metal printing applications involve metal powder sintering or melting under the influence of an external energy source such as a laser (e.g. Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and Direct Metal Sintering (DMLS) [...]

Additive “4D” Rheoprinting for the Manufacture of Enhanced Biomaterial Products

Duhduh A., Jaafar I.H., Coulter J.P., Lehigh University, US

A novel additive manufacturing technique, which we have coined as the “4D Rheoprinter”, has been developed. This technique enables 3D printing of polymers with tunable material properties for optimized performance in wide range of applications. [...]

Metal-Monolithic Ceramic/Metal Composite Castings Produced Using 3D Printed Sand Molds and Cores

Druschitz A.P., Williams C.B., Wood B., Virginia Tech, US

Monolithic ceramic and/or metallic objects can be embedded into metal castings using 3D printed sand mold and core technologies. The resulting composite castings can have a combination of mechanical and/or physical properties that cannot be [...]

Inkjet Printing of High Index Zirconia Nanocomposite Materials

Healy M.D., Guschl P., Wang X., Weinstein M., Pixelligent Technologies LLC, US

Abstract High refractive index (RI) nanocomposites have properties which surpass traditional polymers while maintaining manufacturability. Nanocrystal-polymer nanocomposites, when inkjet-printed, are useful to many display components and aid the development of next generation displays. This paper [...]

Inkjet printing of carbon nanospheres

Orrill M., Abele D., Banek N., Wagner M., LeBlanc S., The George Washington University, US

Proposed applications of drop-on-demand (DOD) inkjet printing extend beyond printing of text and graphics to include rapid manufacturing of thin electrical devices. The most commonly printed electronic materials are silver nanoparticles due to their potentially [...]

One-dimensional simulation of drop breakup in inkjet

Jiang H., Tan H., Washington State University Vancouver, US

Drop-on-demand (DoD) inkjet printing technology has a wide variety of applications in research and manufacturing, such as 3D printing, functional material printing, MEMS fabrication and tissue engineering, due to its advantage of high precision, simple [...]

Learning MEMS Design, Simulation and Fabrication Through 3-D Printing

Dahle R., Rasel R., SUNY New Paltz, US

This paper presents a cost-effective learning tool for modeling and simulating the microfabrication process and design aspects of MEMS devices using three-dimensional (3-D) printing. This approach was developed to provide engineering educators a more affordable [...]

Modeling and simulation of organic MEM relay for estimating the coefficient of thermal expansion of PEDOT:PSS

Khan N.Z., Rutgers University, US

PEDOT:PSS is becoming a popular transparent electrode material for organic electronic and optoelectronic devices, replacing the more commonly used Indium Tin Oxide (ITO). PEDOT: PSS has good conductivity, transparency, superior electrical and thermal stability and [...]

A New Concept for Humidity Sensing Using Curved Micro-beams

Ouakad H.M., Hasan M.H., Alsaleem F.M., University of Nebraska Lincoln, US

There are number of common humidity sensing methods in MEMS. They include capacitive, resistive, and thermal methods. Among these methods, capacitive sensing is considered the most common in MEMS. In this method, changes of a [...]