Abstract
The emergence of additive manufacturing (AM) as an industry standard has brought unprecedented opportunity to many fields. Some examples of areas that particularly benefit from this technology include biological implantation, biomedicine, aerospace, advanced materials, automotive, tooling, and many chemical industries. This vast and growing sphere of application has prompted the need for specialised technology that enables tailor-made products. Nonetheless, the majority of printable materials currently available on the market are restricted to proprietary polymers, metal powders and ceramics, which are quickly proving to be inadequate for many applications. Typical AM processes build monofunctional structures with single materials. Hence, post-processing and surface chemical modification of AM printed materials are critical in providing a range of new functional and diverse chemical functionalities. Surface functionalization of 3D printed materials is quickly gaining significant traction as a sub-discipline, as this approach can address the technical challenges associated with optimizing the performance of AM end-user products. This chapter presents an overview of the novel post-physical treatments and surface chemical functionalization required to customize AM printed materials for a wide variety of applications. This chapter further gives indication as to the challenges associated with this field of study, including the status of research and the future avenues that may be able to exploit the true potential of this technology.
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Abbreviations
- 3D:
-
Three-dimensional
- AM:
-
Additive Manufacturing
- ATRP:
-
Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
- BMP:
-
Bone Morphogenic Protein
- DGEA:
-
Asparagine-glycineglutamate-alanine
- DMLS:
-
Direct Metal Laser Sintering
- DSC:
-
Differential Scanning Calorimetry
- EBM:
-
Electron Beam Melting
- EDM:
-
Electrical Discharge Machining
- ESD:
-
Electrospray Deposition
- FDM:
-
Fused Deposition Modelling
- GFOGER:
-
glycine-phenylalanine-hydroxyprolineglycine-glutamate-arginine
- HDI:
-
Hexamethylenediisocyanate
- HIP:
-
Hot Isostatic Pressing
- NP:
-
Nanoparticles
- PEM:
-
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane
- PEO:
-
Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation
- PLA:
-
Polylactic acid
- RAFT:
-
Reversible Addition—Fragmentation chain-transfer
- RC:
-
Robocasting
- SEM:
-
Scanning Electron Microscopy
- SI-ATRP:
-
Surface-initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
- SLA:
-
Stereolithography
- SLED:
-
Self-limiting Electrospray Deposition
- SLM:
-
Selective Laser Melting
- UNSM:
-
Ultrasonic Nanocrystalline Surface Modification
- UV:
-
Ultraviolet
- XPS:
-
X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
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Hubesch, R., Malik, U., Selvakannan, P., Mannepalli, L.K., Bhargava, S.K. (2022). Surface Modification of Additively Manufactured Materials: Adding Functionality as Fourth Dimension. In: Bhargava, S.K., Ramakrishna, S., Brandt, M., Selvakannan, P. (eds) Additive Manufacturing for Chemical Sciences and Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2293-0_6
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