Direct Ink Writing: A 3D Printing Technology for Diverse Materials

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Additive manufacturing (AM) has gained significant attention due to its ability to drive technological development as a sustainable, flexible, and customizable manufacturing scheme. Then, the diverse applications of DIW ranging from electronics to food to biomedical industries are discussed.

🔑 Key Findings

• Among the various AM techniques, direct ink writing (DIW) has emerged as the most versatile 3D printing technique for the broadest range of materials.
• DIW allows printing of practically any material, as long as the precursor ink can be engineered to demonstrate appropriate rheological behavior.
• This technique acts as a unique pathway to introduce design freedom, multifunctionality, and stability simultaneously into its printed structures.

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