advanced materials
Researchers Use SLA Technology for Shape Memory Polymers for the First Time
While 3D printing is currently poised at the forefront of technology, 4D printing is nipping right at its heels. This next dimension in fabrication is really just 3D printing accentuated with the use…
Polymaker Introduces Four New PolyMax Filament Colors — PolySupport Now Available for Order
As the focus of the 3D printing industry shifts from the hobby and maker market to the industrial design and office market there has been a shift in 3D printer…
South Korean Researchers 3D Print Structures Thinner Than a Red Blood Cell
Researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, led by Jang-Ung Park, a Professor of Material Science and Engineering, have developed a fine-resolution printing technology they call “electrohydrodynamic…
Researchers 3D Print Tiny Gold & Copper Structures Using a Laser-Induced Forward Transfer Process
In a perfect world, at least from a manufacturer’s standpoint, metal 3D printing would be as cheap, easy, and efficient as printing with thermoplastics on a desktop machine. We are still…
Purdue Researchers Print Using Liquid Metal — Are Terminator-Style T-1000 Robots on Their Way?
If you were a child of the ’80s then you likely recall watching Terminator 2 in awe at the special effects of the time. I probably watched the movie about…
Virginia Tech Professors Provide Incredible Insight into the Future of 3D Printable Materials via Reddit AMA
There is little doubt that the single most important area within the 3D printing space is that of materials. Material science could potentially lead the way to thousands of new…
Adding Quasicrystals to Complex Metal Alloys Provides New Material for 3D Printing
Advances in 3D printing aren’t only occurring in the technology of the machines or in the materials that can be used for printing, but also in the very creation of…
