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van Hengel, I.A.J. (author), Tierolf, M.W.A.M. (author), Fratila-Apachitei, E.L. (author), Apachitei, I. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author)Patients receiving orthopedic implants are at risk of implant-associated infections (IAI). A growing number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten to hamper the treatment of IAI. The focus has, therefore, shifted towards the development of implants with intrinsic antibacterial activity to prevent the occurrence of infection. The use of Ag, Cu...review 2021
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Pitta Kruize, Carlos (author), Panahkhahi, S. (author), Putra, N.E. (author), Diaz Payno, P.J. (author), van Osch, G.J.V.M. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author), Mirzaali, Mohammad J. (author)Bone-to-soft tissue interfaces are responsible for transferring loads between tissues with significantly dissimilar material properties. The examples of connective soft tissues are ligaments, tendons, and cartilages. Such natural tissue interfaces have unique microstructural properties and characteristics which avoid the abrupt transitions...review 2023
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Yarali, E. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author), Staufer, U. (author), Accardo, A. (author), Mirzaali, Mohammad J. (author)Mechanical and morphological design parameters, such as stiffness or porosity, play important roles in creating orthopedic implants and bone substitutes. However, we have only a limited understanding of how the microarchitecture of porous scaffolds contributes to bone regeneration. Meta-biomaterials are increasingly used to precisely engineer...review 2023
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Putra, N.E. (author), Zhou, J. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author)The need for sustainable development has never been more urgent, as the world continues to struggle with environmental challenges, such as climate change, pollution, and dwindling natural resources. The use of renewable and recycled waste materials as a source of raw materials for biomaterials and tissue engineering is a promising avenue for...review 2023
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Hedayati, R. (author), Stulova, Victoria (author)Heavily resource-reliant transportation and harsh living conditions, where humans cannot survive without a proper habitat, have prevented humans from establishing colonies on the Moon and Mars. Due to the absence of an atmosphere, potential habitats on the Moon or Mars require thick and strong structures that can withstand artificially...review 2023
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Krushynska, Anastasiia O. (author), Torrent, Daniel (author), Aragon, A.M. (author), Ardito, Raffaele (author), Bilal, Osama R. (author), Bonello, Bernard (author), Bosia, Federico (author), Chen, Yi (author), Janbaz, Shahram (author), Mirzaali, Mohammad J. (author)This broad review summarizes recent advances and "hot"research topics in nanophononics and elastic, acoustic, and mechanical metamaterials based on results presented by the authors at the EUROMECH 610 Colloquium held on April 25-27, 2022 in Benicássim, Spain. The key goal of the colloquium was to highlight important developments in these...review 2023
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Mirzaali, Mohammad J. (author), Moosabeiki, Vahid (author), Rajaai, S.M. (author), Zhou, J. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author)Additive manufacturing (AM, also known as 3D printing) is an advanced manufacturing technique that has enabled progress in the design and fabrication of customised or patient-specific (meta-)biomaterials and biomedical devices (e.g., implants, prosthetics, and orthotics) with complex internal microstructures and tuneable properties. In the past...review 2022
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Tselikos, G. (author)Additive Manufacturing technology has gained a significant amount of interest in both industry and academia in recent years. Current research, though, is still mainly focused on the printing of structural components. In the future there will be a need for smart materials to come to fully integrated components. These smart materials include...master thesis 2016
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Knol, M.F. (author)Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is a 3D-printing method to produce metal parts. In SLM a part is manufactured layer-by-layer by selectively melting a metal powder with a laser. Although SLM is a promising process for the production of high-quality parts, the implementation in high-tech industry is held back by a few barriers. One of the main...master thesis 2016
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Prayudhi, B. (author)Topology optimization is the natural counterpart of additive manufacturing, many believes that the technology could revolutionize the way we manufacture our everyday products, changing the way we design and manufacture our products considering of how the process mimics the nature system of manufacturing and design, so-called the biomimicry...master thesis 2016
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Creusen, Frederic (author)This work aims at predicting the elasto-plastic and fracture behavior of ABS polymers obtained by Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF). The strategy adopted is to characterize the microstructure of Representative Volume Elements (RVEs) of the material, as well as the mechanical properties of the polymeric filament used in the FFF process and then...master thesis 2019
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Bots, M.J. (author)Cellular solids are characteristically excellent energy absorbers due to their capacity to store large amounts of energy through compression. A bioinspired design approach identified the Pomelo fruit (Citrus Maximus) as a biological role model for energy absorption. Fruit peels’ biologically most important functions lies in the need to provide...master thesis 2017
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Vella Bamber, Tomas (author)This project focuses on enhancing the accessibility of 3D printing for repairers by designing a system in which repairers can collaborate with makers. Repair has become rare in societies with an abundance of cheap goods. However in recent years repair is making a gradual comeback in western culture. Citizen repair initiatives such as Repair...master thesis 2020
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Ertman, Katharina (author)To create a more sustainable future for aviation, new, lighter-weight structures and materials will need to be engineered. It will also be critical that damage tolerance and safety are not compromised in the process. Lattice materials represents one avenue of exploration; however, two key challenges arise: limited experimental work has been...master thesis 2020
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Hoes, Emma (author)The manufacturing freedom of additive manufacturing, and design freedom of topology optimization have proven to be a fruitful combination in creating and manufacturing designs. While research into applications of metal additive manufacturing has advanced from rapid prototyping to end-use components, metal additive manufacturing of compliant...master thesis 2020
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Bourgois, Justin (author)The use of additive manufacturing (AM) can potentially offer significant benefits to the design and performance of resistojet components but has so far only seen limited research in this application. The goal of this study was to investigate the possibility of 3D printing a functional resistojet heating chamber and the potential benefits that...master thesis 2023
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Oude Vrielink, Thijs (author)There are strict tolerances on the placement of optical components in high performance optical systems. Compliant alignment mechanisms can be used to meet these tolerances. Conventional manufacturing techniques, such as milling and spark erosion, have been used to produce an extensive library of alignment solutions but are limited in the...master thesis 2021
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Zhong, Yaqian (author)As a type of powder-bed-based Additive Manufacturing (AM), Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is widely used for building metallic lattice structures. However, during SLM process, geometrical imperfections and defects, such as strut over-sizing or under-sizing, typically exist in components due to overheating, which strongly influence their...master thesis 2021
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Hester, Thomas (author)This thesis contains the design process of a compliant shape adaptive chicory gripper for robotic sorting processes. The robotic sorting line consists of an input and output conveyor-belt. The input line contains unsorted chicories which are scanned by a robotic vision system. Overhead FlexPicker robots, equipped with chicory grippers, sort the...master thesis 2020
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Mohandas, Naveen (author)Laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) is an additive manufacturing (AM) technology that has been gaining a lot of interest as it allows to produce parts with complex geometries and eliminate expensive tooling. Unlike the conventional manufacturing processes where material is removed to make the final component; AM part is manufactured layer-wise as...master thesis 2022