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Researchers Develop 3D-Printing Processes for Catalytic Materials
The U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has developed a process to use 3D printers to quickly create chemically active catalytic objects for a variety of industries.
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The U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has developed a process to use 3D printers to quickly create chemically active catalytic objects for a variety of industries.
The structures are designed in a computer and built by shining a laser through a bath of customized resins that polymerize and harden layer by layer. Ames says the resulting 3D-printed product has catalytic properties intrinsic to the object and can be customized for different applications.
Located in Ames, Iowa, the national laboratory is operated by Iowa State University. The research team published its results in the journal ACS Catalysis.