Publications

@article{RN100,

title = {Thermo-mechanical characterization of metal/polymer composite filaments and printing parameter study for fused deposition modeling in the 3D printing process},

author = {Seyeon Hwang and Edgar I Reyes and Kyoung-sik Moon and Raymond C Rumpf and Nam Soo Kim},

url = {https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11664-014-3425-6.pdf},

doi = {DOI: 10.1007/s11664-014-3425-6},

issn = {1543-186X},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-10-29},

journal = {Journal of Electronic Materials},

volume = {44},

number = {3},

pages = {771-777},

abstract = {New metal/polymer composite filaments for fused deposition modeling (FDM) 

processes were developed in order to observe the thermo-mechanical properties of the new filaments. The acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) thermoplastic was mixed with copper and iron particles. The percent loading of the 

metal powder was varied to confirm the effects of metal particles on the 

thermo-mechanical properties of the filament, such as tensile strength and 

thermal conductivity. The printing parameters such as temperature and fill 

density were also varied to see the effects of the parameters on the tensile 

strength of the final product which was made with the FDM process. As a 

result of this study, it was confirmed that the tensile strength of the composites is decreased by increasing the loading of metal particles. Additionally, 

the thermal conductivity of the metal/polymer composite filament was improved by increasing the metal content. It is believed that the metal/polymer 

filament could be used to print metal and large-scale 3-dimensional (3D) 

structures without any distortion by the thermal expansion of thermoplastics. 

The material could also be used in 3D printed circuits and electromagnetic 

structures for shielding and other applications.},

keywords = {3D printing, copper, fused deposition modeling, iron, large-scale 3D  printing, Metal/polymer composite filament, thermo-mechanical properties},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}