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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
