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Abstract This review highlights recent progress in additive manufacturing (AM) techniques for polymer composites reinforced with nanoparticles, short fibers, and continuous fibers. It also explores the integration of functional resins and fibers to enable advanced capabilities such as shape morphing, enhanced electrical and thermal conductivity, and self-healing behavior. Building on these advances, the review examines computational design strategies that optimize material distribution and fiber orientation. Representative approaches range from density-based methods to emerging level-set topology optimization frameworks, with objectives evolving from improving mechanical performance to addressing complex multi-physics functional requirements. The review also identifies emerging opportunities, including the need for technological innovations to further improve mechanical properties and enable adaptable multifunctionality. Further advances in theoretical modeling and integrated design-printing workflows are also discussed. By synthesizing these developments, this review aims to foster interdisciplinary collaborations and accelerate innovation in AM-enabled composite materials across a wide range of applications.
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Advanced Modeling and Optimization Strategies for Process Synthesis
This article provides a systematic review of recent progress in optimization-based process synthesis. First, we discuss multiscale modeling frameworks featuring targeting approaches, phenomena-based modeling, unit operation–based modeling, and hybrid modeling. Next, we present the expanded scope of process synthesis objectives, highlighting the considerations of sustainability and operability to assure cost-competitive production in an increasingly dynamic market with growing environmental awareness. Then, we review advances in optimization algorithms and tools, including emerging machine learning–and quantum computing–assisted approaches. We conclude by summarizing the advances in and perspectives for process synthesis strategies.
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- PAR ID:
- 10536727
- Publisher / Repository:
- Annual Review of Chemical Biomolecular Engineering
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Volume:
- 15
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 1947-5438
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 81 to 103
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-100522-112139
