Additive manufacturing of carbon fiber-reinforced thermoset composites via in-situ thermal curing.

ABSTRACT: Fiber-reinforced polymer composites are lightweight structural materials widely used in the transportation and energy industries. Current approaches for the manufacture of composites require expensive tooling and long, energy-intensive processing, resulting in a high cost of manufacturing, limited design complexity, and low fabrication rates. Here, we report rapid, scalable, and energy-efficient additive manufacturing of fiber-reinforced thermoset composites, while eliminating the need for tooling or molds. Use of a thermoresponsive thermoset resin as the matrix of composites and localized, remote heating of carbon fiber reinforcements via photothermal conversion enables rapid, in-situ curing of composites without further post-processing. Rapid curing and phase transformation of the matrix

SUBMITTER: Dojan CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12092634 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature