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Engineering Natural Pollen Grains as Multifunctional 3D Printing Materials (Adv. Funct. Mater. 49/2021)
Author(s) -
Chen Shengyang,
Shi Qian,
Jang Taesik,
Ibrahim Mohammed Shahrudin Bin,
Deng Jingyu,
Ferracci Gaia,
Tan Wen See,
Cho NamJoon,
Song Juha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.202170360
Subject(s) - materials science , 3d printing , nanotechnology , natural materials , rheology , polymer science , composite material
3D Printing Materials The development of 3D printing materials from natural resources is essential in sustainable additive manufacturing. In article number 2106276, Nam‐Joon Cho, Juha Song, and co‐workers engineer pollen‐derived microgel suspension as reinforcements for hydrogel inks and as supporting matrices for freeform 3D printing systems. Pollen grains are attractive candidates to engineer advanced materials for 3D printing applications owing to their natural abundance, renewability, affordability, processibility, monodispersity, and tunable rheological features.