Perspective on 3D printing of separation membranes and comparison to related unconventional fabrication techniques
Perspective on 3D printing of separation membranes and comparison to related unconventional fabrication techniques
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DOI：
10.1016/j.memsci.2016.10.006
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发表时间：
2017-02-01
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9.5
通讯作者：
Patterson, Darrell Alec
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作者：
Low, Ze-Xian;Chua, Yen Thien;Patterson, Darrell Alec
加法制造，也被称为三维(3D)打印和快速成型，能够在不同规模的一系列材料中创造几乎任何几何复杂的形状或特征。它已在多个领域得到应用，如医学(生物印刷)、艺术、制造和工程。另一方面，它在分离膜工程中的应用是相对较新的。添加剂制造技术的使用可以为分离膜系统的设计提供更多的控制，并提供能够生产不同形状、类型和设计的膜的新型膜制备技术，这些膜不能使用诸如相转化或烧结等传统技术来制造。在这里，我们提供了3D打印技术和在膜工程中应用的关键背景信息；讨论了当前3D打印技术在膜工程中的潜力和局限性以及该技术的未来发展方向。由于3D打印在膜制造中的潜在好处，特别是该技术可能允许对膜结构进行前所未有的控制，3D打印在膜系统中的使用在不久的将来应该会有显著的增长。
Additive manufacturing, likewise known as 3-dimensional (3D) printing and rapid prototyping, has the ability to create almost any geometrically complex shape or feature in a range of materials across different scales. It has found its applications in various areas, such as medicine (bioprinting), art, manufacturing and engineering. On the other hand, its use in separation membrane engineering is relatively new. The use of additive manufacturing techniques could provide more control towards the design of separation membrane systems and offers novel membrane preparation techniques that are able to produce membranes of different shapes, types and designs which cannot be made using conventional techniques such as phase inversion or sintering. Here we provide key background information on 3D printing technologies and applications in membrane engineering; a discussion of the potential and limitations of current 3D printing technologies for membrane engineering and future aspects of the technology. Due to the potential benefits of 3D printing in membrane manufacturing, in particular the unprecedented control over membrane architecture the technique could allow, the use of 3D printing in membrane systems should see significant growth in the near future.