BRIEF SURVEY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES IN SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING

摘要

Additive manufacturing had previously been used solely for prototyping and visualization, but in recent years, this has shifted to the concept of actually producing end-use parts, which has already successfully been done in some areas via selective laser sintering (SLS). Unfortunately, current polymeric materials for processing via SLS do not meet the requirements of the majority of commercial products. This has attracted the attention of many researchers who recognize the promising future of this technology and still are researching new ways to enhance the properties of polymers with nanoparticles to successfully implement them in SLS. This review paper provides a brief description about additive manufacturing, polymer nanocomposites, and selective laser sintering. It also examines current and future research conducted in this subject matter.