Formulation for 3D printing: Creating a plug and play platform for a disruptive UK industry

3D打印缺乏完全成为一种成熟的大规模制造工艺所需的材料。材料开发的进展仍在继续，但需要逐步改变，这将通过高通量方法实现。高通量发现是一种成熟的方法来自动识别有前途的材料。在诺丁汉大学，它被开发为理解生物材料的工具，最近在寻找表面可以抵抗细菌附着的材料方面发挥了重要作用，从而有可能避免不必要的抗生素使用。在这里，我们汇集了一个多学科、跨社区的团队，我们将采用这一理念，以快速确定可用于3D打印的配方，这些配方可用于我们的行业合作伙伴所代表的一系列领域。这将能够创建一个材料库，材料组合和配方，证明了3D打印（特别是喷墨，挤压，热熔挤压）。虽然这种方法的形成最初是一个具有挑战性和耗时的步骤，但这套图书馆的建立将使下游的快速采用成为可能，同时方法本身也可以被寻找材料的其他部门利用。我们的图书馆将很容易扩展，为英国工业选择3D打印配方创建一个工具。

3D printing lacks the materials required to fully become an established mass manufacturing process. Progress in materials development continues but a step change is required, and this will be realised through high throughput methods. High throughput discovery is an established methodology for automated identification of promising materials. At Nottingham it has been developed as tool for understanding biomaterials, and recently was instrumental in finding materials whose surface would resist bacterial attachment, potentially avoiding unnecessary use of antibiotics. Here, drawing together a multi-disciplinary, cross-community team, we will adapt this philosophy to rapidly identify formulations that can be used for 3D printing in a range of sectors represented by our industry partners. This will enable the creation of a library of materials, material combinations and formulations that are proven for 3D printing (particularly ink jet, extrusion, hot melt extrusion). Whilst the formation of this methodology is an initially challenging and time consuming step, the establishment of this set of libraries will enable rapid adoption downstream whilst the methodology itself can be utilised by other sectors seeking materials. Our libraries will be readily extended to create a tool for UK industry for selection of 3D printing formulations.