Additive Manufacturing with Novel Materials: Process, Properties and Applications

The book explores practically the latest advancements and techniques in 3D and 4D printing using innovative and unconventional materials.

This book comprehensively provides insights into various additive manufacturing processes, novel materials, and their properties, as well as the basic knowledge of AM process parameters, post-processing techniques, and their applications. It also explores the fundamental concepts and recent advancements in the development of novel materials for several applications, with special emphasis on platforms like AM techniques for polymers, ceramics, metallic materials, composites, nanomaterials, hydrogels, etc. Specific topics like environmental aspects of 3D printing and advanced 4D printing are also introduced. The technological aspects of AM are discussed in a concise and understandable way, with extensive illustrations. Also covered are the challenges and opportunities that arise from 3D printing with these materials.

Audience

The book will benefit researchers and industry engineers who work in additive manufacturing, mechanical engineering, 3D/4D printing, and materials science.

R. Rajasekar, PhD, professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College (An Autonomous Institution under Anna University), Tamilnadu, India. He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and specializes in materials science and engineering, renewable energy, surface coating on solar cells, and tribological performance of carbide inserts. He has published more than 130 research articles in reputed international journals, as well as more than 30 book chapters.

C. Moganapriya, PhD, is a post-doctoral researcher, Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. She completed her PhD in 2019 and her current research area includes surface engineering of solar cells for performance enhancement of power conversion efficiency and tribological performance of cutting tool inserts by adopting several hard coating materials. She has published 40 research articles and 15 book chapters with international publishers.

P. Sathish Kumar, PhD, is a research associate, Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. His main research areas are in tribological studies of mining bits, thin film coating, natural fiber composites, and renewable energy.