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2022-06-01
Ghimouz, Chahine, Tzeng, Julie, Kenné, Jean Pierre, Hof, Lucas A.
The global fashion industry is struggling with carbon footprint issues, but technological innovations are supporting to improve its performance and environmental efficiency in terms of footwear manufacturing. The Quebec- based footwear company Arshae aims to create a line of shoes that are...
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Self-Healable, Reprocessable, and 3D Printable Plant Oil-Based Elastomers and Facile Fabrication of Graphene Oxide Reinforced Copolymer Nanocomposites
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Prolonging service-life and durability of polymer-based products can help to reduce severe landfill/marine pollution caused by polymeric materials (i.e., elastomers and thermosets). Self-healing polymers are a class of polymers that are capable of healing cracks or mechanical damage inflicted...
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RESEARCHOpen AccessDevelopment of a 3D printed device tosupport long term intestinal culture as analternative to hyperoxic chamber methods
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Costa, Matheus O., Nosach, Roman, Harding, John C. S.
Background:Most interactions between pathogenic microorganisms and their target host occur on mucosal surfaces of internal organs such as the intestine. In vitro organ culture (IVOC) provides an unique tool for studyinghost-pathogen interactions in a controlled environment. However, this...
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Fall 2019
Generating functional parts using additive manufacturing (AM) has many challenges. These can be material- and/or process-based. This is especially true when the produced part is required to withstand or be sealed for pressure due to the potential air gaps inherent to AM processes that generate...
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Optimizing Print Parameters for Maximizing Tensile Strength of Additively Manufactured Polymers Through Evolutionary Algorithms
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Nguyen, N., Sanderson, B., Malazadeh, S., Hosseeini, A., Kishawy, S., Rahnamayan, S.
Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been adopted world- wide for rapid prototyping and small-scale production of complex parts. Despite its widespread adoption, much is still unknown about AM. Many researchers have devoted significant efforts t o studying the importance of AM characteristics such as...
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Modification of Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) through Addition of Bio-based Plasticizing Materials and Additive Manufacturing Processing
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The non-degradable polymers currently used for commercial production and application may be inexpensive; however, their excessive use is leading to unprecedented amounts of plastic waste and extensive environmental damage. The demand for biologically-derived, biodegradable polymers is therefore...
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Spring 2019
Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing (EBAM), also known as Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) or three-dimensional (3D) printing, is a manufacturing technique in which a desired object is formed by repetitive process of extrusion and deposition of thin layers of molten material through a nozzle in...
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Manufacturing and evaluation of the tensile properties of 3D printed human hair reinforced composites
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This thesis proposes a novel method to 3D print human hair-based polymer composites. Human hair is a biological fiber whose microstructure is well-defined. It possesses high tensile strength, thermal insulation, a unique chemical composition, and elastic recovery, among other qualities. However,...