3D Printing: Fundamentals to Emerging Applications

3D Printing: Fundamentals to Emerging Applications discusses the fundamentals of 3D-printing technologies and their emerging applications in many important sectors such as energy, biomedicals, and sensors. Top international authors in their fields cover the fundamentals of 3D-printing technologies for batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, sensors, and biomedical and other emerging applications. They also address current challenges and possible solutions in 3D-printing technologies for advanced applications.Key features: Addresses the state-of-the-art progress and challenges in 3D-printing technologies Explores the use of various materials in 3D printing for advanced applications Covers fundamentals of the electrochemical behavior of various materials for energy applications Provides new direction and enables understanding of the chemistry, electrochemical properties, and technologies for 3D printing This is a must-have resource for students as well as researchers and industry professionals working in energy, biomedicine, materials, and nanotechnology.

About the Author

Ram K. Gupta is an Associate Professor at Pittsburg State University. Before joining Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Gupta’s research focuses on green energy production and storage using conducting polymers and composites, electrocatalysts, fuel cells, supercapacitors, batteries, nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic hetero-junctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, bio-based polymers, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold and antibacterial applications, biodegradable metallic implants. Gupta published over 250 peer-reviewed articles, made over 320 national/international/regional presentations, chaired many sessions at national/international meetings, wrote several book chapters (55+), edited many books (20+) for the American Chemical Society, CRC, and Elsevier publishers, and received several million dollars for research and educational activities from external agencies. He currently serves as associate editor, guest editor, and editorial board member for various journals.