Applied Methods in Flash Sintering

Additive Manufacturing of Piezoelectric Ceramic-based Biocomposites: Design, Strategies, and Challenges presents the latest developments in this important research field. The book is designed to present an in-depth insight into additive manufacturing technology, as well as piezoelectric ceramic-based bioink development, and their utility in biomedical applications. The book begins with an introduction to additive manufacturing technology and its role in piezoelectric ceramic-based bioinks development. It then goes on to discuss the utility of 3D constructs developed through additive manufacturing techniques using piezoelectric ceramic-based bioinks for biomedical applications. Design approaches for modifying piezoelectric ceramic-based materials are also discussed in detail as well as additive manufacturing strategies for developing piezoelectric ceramic laden bioinks. Post-processing strategies are also discussed as well as computational modelling and analysis and troubleshooting and optimization. The book also contains selected case studies and real-world applications. The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, chemists, and manufacturers working on the research and development of advanced piezoelectric ceramics, with a particular interest in additive manufacturing processes, and biomedical applications.

• Focuses on developing piezoelectric ceramic-based biocomposites through additive manufacturing techniques
• Covers the fundamentals of the techniques, parameters affecting fabrication, and their use in biomedical applications
• Illustrates how to fabricate 3D constructs using piezoelectric ceramic-based biocomposites
• Provides economic viability and cost analysis of additive manufacturing technology for piezoelectric ceramic-based biocomposites