Multi-material additive manufacturing: A systematic review of design, properties, applications, challenges, and 3D printing of materials and cellular metamaterials

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Extensive research on nature-inspired cellular metamaterials has globally inspired innovations using single material and limited multifunctionality. Additionally, this review identified the limitations and challenges of existing software packages, MMAM processes, materials, and joining mechanisms, especially at the multi-material interfaces.

🔑 Key Findings

• Additive manufacturing (AM) of intricate geometries using multi-materials provides additional functionality, environmental adaptation, and improved mechanical properties.
• Recently, several studies have been conducted on multi-material additive manufacturing (MMAM) technologies, including multi-materials, methodologies, design, and optimization.
• However, in the past six years, very few or no systematic and complete reviews have been conducted in this research domain.

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