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3D Printing Silica Aerogels for Small Scale Applications
International researchers working with the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), led by Shanyu Zhao, Gilberto Siqueira, Wim Malfait and Matthias Koebel, are exploring new ways to…
Sweden: 3D Printed Cellulose Nanofiber Aerogels for Industrial Applications
Researchers in Sweden are digging deeper into the world of 3D printing and the ever-expanding, accompanying science of related materials. Their findings are outlined in the recently published ‘Ambient-Dried, 3D-Printable…
Graphene Aerogel Now Holds Guinness World Record for Lightest 3D Printed Structure
There’s a Guinness World Record category for just about everything these days. There’s a record for largest collection of stuffed crocodiles, and a record for fastest text message typed while…
Scientists Research Materials & New Processes for 3D Printing Ultra Light Graphene Aerogels
The doors that 3D printing has opened, one after the other—and at such an accelerated speed—are astounding and seemingly infinite. With incredible designs being produced in nearly every sector from…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — September 12
This week’s stories we didn’t cover include several nifty 3D printed items. A laser sintered wallet is a big Kickstarter success, raising well over its initial goal; a man 3D…
New Research Says That a New BioEconomy May Be Driven By 3D Printed Cellulose Materials
A team of researchers are hard at work developing new bio-material applications for cellulose-based compounds for 3D printing applications to replace fossil derived raw materials. Called the Design Driven Value…
Researchers Develop Incredibly Strong 3D Printed Microlattices — Can Hold 10,000 Times Own Weight
The materials engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory work on the bleeding edge of 3D printing, and they’ve now developed a substance and printer which mixes metal and ceramics with…
