About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2026)
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| Symposium
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2026 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2026)
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| Presentation Title |
Additive Manufacturing of Hair-like Materials: Design Principles, Process Constraints, and Manufacturing Strategies |
| Author(s) |
Itzel Chavez Martinez, Caleb Yuen, Cade Clonts, Zack Okun, Andrew Sarrasin, Alexander Potts, Morgan Nunez, Afsana Nizamudeen, Ryan Duong, Heather Emady, Cahit Ozturk, Dhruv Bhate |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Itzel Chavez Martinez |
| Abstract Scope |
Whereas cellular materials such as honeycomb and lattices have received significant interest in the additive manufacturing (AM) community, these are just one of several classes of nature-inspired discrete architected materials. This work takes aim at one such understudied class of these materials: hair. Hair and hair-like materials have a wide functional basis in nature, from particle trapping to sensing – yet few engineering applications leverage this finest of nature’s innovations. This week reviews the literature that has been published on using AM processes (primarily fused deposition modeling and vat photopolymerization) to fabricate these slender, high aspect ratio structures, as well as the authors’ own studies in this area, to identify design principles, process constraints and manufacturing strategies when using AM to fabricate hair-like materials (HLM). The aim of this paper is to serve as a starting point for any researchers interested in using AM for the development of HLM. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Undecided |