Vat Photopolymerization Additive Manufacturing : 3D Printing Processes, Materials, and Applications

Vat Photopolymerization Additive Manufacturing: 3D Printing Processes, Materials, and Applications focuses on the cutting-edge vat polymerization additive manufacturing technology, as well as its associated materials and potential applications. The book is divided into four parts, with the first providing some foundational concepts about the technology as well as providing background on the different vat photopolymerization techniques, such as grayscale, volumetric, multiwavelength, two-photon, and more. The basic chemistry involved in the vat photopolymerization process is covered here as well, as is vat photopolymerization 3D printing of functional materials, including plastics, hydrogels, stimuli-responsive polymers, ceramics, various applications of the materials created, and future directions.

• Provides a detailed introduction to the technology, materials, and applications of vat photopolymerization additive manufacturing (AM)
• Discusses the basic chemistry in the vat photopolymerization process, including chemical reactions, ink components, functional additives, inhibitors, and more
• Covers techniques for creating plastics, hydrogels, shape memory polymers, ceramics, and more
• Details applications in bioengineering, engineering, metamaterials, and bio-inspired structures and functions

Dr. Xiaolong Wang is a full professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He joined the LICP in 2007 after receiving his PhD from Lanzhou University in Polymer Chemistry and Physics. During his time at the LICP, he worked as a Research Associate at Hong Kong Polytechnic University for a year (2010–2011) and then as a Visiting Professor at the University of Western Ontario (Canada) for two years (2011–2013). 3D printing, biomimetic lubrication, functional soft materials, and flexible electronics are among his research interests. Professor Wang has authored more than 100 scientific papers and four book chapters on additive manufacturing.