Advancements in Emerging Additive Manufacturing Techniques for Multifunctional Sustainable Technologies

Dear Colleagues,

Additive manufacturing or 3D printing has recently emerged as an advanced manufacturing technique for the computer-aided complex 3D geometry fabrication of diverse materials, with intricate macroscopic shapes and controlled microstructures. Owing to its clear advantages, this technique is receiving attention across a wide range of sectors such as the automotive industry, sensors and actuators, robotics, energy harvesting, and even biomedical applications.

Additive manufacturing offers to provide a pathway to the rapid prototyping of complex parts, without additional costs or assembly requirements for structural components in mechanical systems; printed multifunctional wearable sensors to circumvent existing barriers in measuring clinically relevant biophysical and biochemical signals in healthcare; and additively manufactured, electromechanical devices based on piezo/tribo- flexoelectricity for harvesting clean energy from renewable energy sources. Additionally, 3D-printed biomaterials have also obtained widespread usage in the manufacturing of orthopedic implants due to their light weight, simplicity, patient-specific complex topological implants, and porous structure, facilitating cell growth in tissue engineering. However, there are still many open challenges in this field that require further research and development. This Special Topic aims to showcase the latest progress in additive manufacturing-based advanced technology in multifunctional applications and provide a platform for scientists and engineers to share their new developments and insights over.

Dr. Kuntal Maity
Guest Editor

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• advanced technologies
• additive manufacturing
• advanced structures
• sensors and actuators
• robotics
• clean energy
• biomedical applications