Polyolefin-based thermoplastics such as polyethylene and polypropylene constitute a major
fraction of the polymers employed in commodity applications due to their ease of …

The additive manufacturing (AM) technology can manufacture complex parts with
considerable improvements in lead times and lower material wastages. It has enabled …

Although extensive research has been carried out on the effects of temperature on the
properties of parts by fused filament fabrication, no study considered the opportunity to use …

Fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing has printed thermoplastic materials layer-by-
layer to form three dimensional products whereby interlayer adhesion must be well …

Graphene oxide (GO) has attracted attention in materials science and engineering due to its
large aspect ratio and dispersibility in polar solvent including water. It has recently been …

Polymers have a reputation for several advantageous characteristics like chemical
resistance, weight reduction, and simple form-giving processes. The rise of additive …

We report the results of a study focusing on the influence of crystallization kinetics and flow
behavior on structural inhomogeneities in 3D-printed parts made from polyamide 12 (PA12) …

The crystalline structures and their spatial distributions of polyamide 12 (PA12) parts
processed by material extrusion additive manufacturing (MEAM) were studied in this work by …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates are natural polyesters synthesized by microorganisms and bacteria.
Due to their properties, they have been proposed as substitutes for petroleum derivatives …

Although the material extrusion-based 3D printing (MEX-3DP) has the ability to construct
functional complex nanocomposites based on two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials …