
Vat Photopolymerization Additive Manufacturing
3D Printing Processes, Materials, and Applications
- 1st Edition - April 16, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Xiaolong Wang
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 4 8 7 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 4 8 8 - 1
Vat Photopolymerization Additive Manufacturing: 3D Printing Processes, Materials, and Applications focuses on the cutting-edge vat polymerization additive manufacturing te… Read more
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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
1. Introduction to Vat Polymerization 3D Printing Technologies
2. Fundamental Chemistry in Vat Photopolymerization
3. Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing of Functional Materials
4. Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing of Engineering Plastics
5. Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing of Ceramics
6. Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing of Structures
7. Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing Applications in Engineering
8. Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing Applications in Bioengineering
9. Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing Applications in Electronics
10. Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing Applications in Metamaterials
11. Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing Applications in Bio-inspired Structures and Functions
12. Trends, Prospects, and Outlook of Vat Polymerization 3D Printing
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 16, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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