Publications by authors named "Mounika Kakarla"
Article Synopsis
- Nanoparticles (NPs) are tiny materials (1-100 nm) that come in various shapes and sizes but often clump together, making it difficult to utilize their full potential in various applications.
- The paper discusses how three-dimensional printing (3DP), a technique that builds objects layer by layer, can help align and organize NPs for better performance in fields like mechanics, energy, and biomedicine.
- It also explores different 3DP methods—like material jetting and ink writing—that facilitate nanoparticle alignment and reviews some challenges (like low resolution and slow printing speed) that need to be addressed to improve the effectiveness of these technologies.
3D printing (additive manufacturing (AM)) has enormous potential for rapid tooling and mass production due to its design flexibility and significant reduction of the timeline from design to manufacturing. The current state-of-the-art in 3D printing focuses on material manufacturability and engineering applications. However, there still exists the bottleneck of low printing resolution and processing rates, especially when nanomaterials need tailorable orders at different scales.
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