Caroline Houriet
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Fused Filament Fabrication is a promising manufacturing technology for the circularity of space missions. Potential scenarios include in-orbit applications to maximize mission life and to support long-term exploration missions with in situ manufacturing and recycling. However, it
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Shaping Anisotropy
3D-printing of Liquid Crystal Polymers
The cellular, hierarchical nature of living materials such as wood or bone, enables their mechanical properties to vary locally. This variability grants themmulti-functionality and highmechanical performance with low resource consumption. To obtain such desirable features with ma
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Anisotropic materials formed by living organisms possess remarkable mechanical properties due to their intricate microstructure and directional freedom. In contrast, human-made materials face challenges in achieving similar levels of directionality due to material and manufact ...
Lightweight biological materials such as bone, silk and wood demonstrate complex hierarchically structured shapes with outstanding mechanical properties by utilising directed self-assembly to grow structures. Here1, we demonstrate a bioinspired 3D printing approach to create ligh
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Fiber-reinforced polymers are widely used as lightweight materials in aircraft, automobiles, wind turbine blades, and sports products. Despite the beneficial weight reduction achieved in such applications, these composites often suffer from poor recyclability and limited geome ...