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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 207, Issue -, Pages 297-316Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.11.077
Keywords
3D printing; Additive manufacturing; Biopolymers; Biomass; Biomedical application
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31772529]
- Start-up Fund for Introduced Scholar of Jiangsu University [4111370004]
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3D printing enables the complex or customized structures production in high speed and resolution. However, the lack of bio-based materials with user-defined biochemical and mechanical property is a significant barrier that limits the widespread adoption of 3D printing for products fabrication. Development of eco-friendly natural-derived biopolymers for 3D printing technologies and their promising application in different areas are of huge academic, and environmental interests. This paper reviews the state-of-the-art in terms of 3D printing technology using natural-derived feedstocks, including lignocellulose, starch, algae, and chitosan-based biopolymers. Special consideration is given to the development of lignocellulosic materials, i.e. cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and their derivatives as 3D printing feedstocks. A strategical development roadmap with identified material property requirements, key challenges, as well as possible solutions was proposed. It serves as guideline aiming to explore natural-derived biopolymers as novel feedstocks for different 3D printing technologies that will be potentially applied in various areas.
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