Comparative study on selective laser sintering of aromatic and aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethanes: processability, microstructure, and mechanical properties

• Main Authors: Zhou, Meixin, Zhu, Wei, Yu, Suzhu, Tian, Yujia, Wei, Jun, Zhou, Kun
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Additive Manufacturing; Selective Laser Sintering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170429
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Selective laser sintering (SLS) of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) has attracted tremendous interest in producing prototypes and end-use parts for applications in mechanical energy absorption, biomedical scaffold, and wearable electronics because of the versatile properties of this material. This w...