Innovation in the 3D printing industry is coming from all sides now, with some of the most important developments occurring in material science. The more materials we can print, the more useful the technology becomes. What many users of the technology have discovered, though, is that 3D printing allows for the creation of unique geometries that increase the usefulness of certain materials. By printing objects with specific shapes, we can induce important physical properties in our prints. When it comes to the strength-to-weight ratio of a material, this couldn’t be more important as researchers constantly work to make strong, yet lightweight composites for fields like the aerospace industry. This is where scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany come in.…
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