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SUBMITTER: Raney JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5819411 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Raney Jordan R JR Compton Brett G BG Mueller Jochen J Ober Thomas J TJ Shea Kristina K Lewis Jennifer A JA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180118 6
Natural composites exhibit exceptional mechanical performance that often arises from complex fiber arrangements within continuous matrices. Inspired by these natural systems, we developed a rotational 3D printing method that enables spatially controlled orientation of short fibers in polymer matrices solely by varying the nozzle rotation speed relative to the printing speed. Using this method, we fabricated carbon fiber-epoxy composites composed of volume elements (voxels) with programmably defi ...[more]