Formulation for 3D printing: Creating a plug and play platform for a disruptive UK industry
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: Div of Process and Environmental Eng
Abstract
3D printing lacks the materials required to fully become an established mass manufacturing process. Progress in materials development continues but a step change is required, and this will be realised through high throughput methods. High throughput discovery is an established methodology for automated identification of promising materials. At Nottingham it has been developed as tool for understanding biomaterials, and recently was instrumental in finding materials whose surface would resist bacterial attachment, potentially avoiding unnecessary use of antibiotics. Here, drawing together a multi-disciplinary, cross-community team, we will adapt this philosophy to rapidly identify formulations that can be used for 3D printing in a range of sectors represented by our industry partners. This will enable the creation of a library of materials, material combinations and formulations that are proven for 3D printing (particularly ink jet, extrusion, hot melt extrusion). Whilst the formation of this methodology is an initially challenging and time consuming step, the establishment of this set of libraries will enable rapid adoption downstream whilst the methodology itself can be utilised by other sectors seeking materials. Our libraries will be readily extended to create a tool for UK industry for selection of 3D printing formulations.
Planned Impact
The main beneficiaries of this research will be the users and manufacturers of 3D printing equipment. To date, there has been limited choice of material for 3D printing, so whilst the future for 3DP is exciting, many of the desired objects are unable to be realised owing to an incomplete set of materials. Our aim is to rapidly identify promising materials for 3DP, determining the key sector specific properties and tabulating this in a readily available library.
The immediate beneficiaries of the work will be users of 3D printed products (represented across sectors by our industry partners), who will be able to use the sector specific library, and in future the validated high throughput methodology to produce 3D printable formulations without requiring significant resources - the company will be able to 'plug and play' when selecting materials for formulations.
This impact will be translated from the laboratory and through higher TRL levels through, for example, CPI, The National Formulation Centre and the proposed Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre.
Academic Beneficiaries will include research groups using 3D printing having a platform system for investigating highly sector specific research interests.
The ultimate beneficiaries will be consumers and users. The uptake of 3D printing offered by the widening of materials through design of formulations, will mean better and more efficacious products will be able to be produced. In the sectors with which we have chosen to engage, this will mean drug delivery systems tailored to patient, more environmentally friendly agrochemical application, engineering focused products that meet stringent materials properties requirements, home care products that are effective cleaning systems and more nutritious food.
The immediate beneficiaries of the work will be users of 3D printed products (represented across sectors by our industry partners), who will be able to use the sector specific library, and in future the validated high throughput methodology to produce 3D printable formulations without requiring significant resources - the company will be able to 'plug and play' when selecting materials for formulations.
This impact will be translated from the laboratory and through higher TRL levels through, for example, CPI, The National Formulation Centre and the proposed Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre.
Academic Beneficiaries will include research groups using 3D printing having a platform system for investigating highly sector specific research interests.
The ultimate beneficiaries will be consumers and users. The uptake of 3D printing offered by the widening of materials through design of formulations, will mean better and more efficacious products will be able to be produced. In the sectors with which we have chosen to engage, this will mean drug delivery systems tailored to patient, more environmentally friendly agrochemical application, engineering focused products that meet stringent materials properties requirements, home care products that are effective cleaning systems and more nutritious food.
Organisations
- University of Nottingham (Lead Research Organisation)
- Hamilton Company (Collaboration)
- DFE Pharma (Collaboration)
- Formlabs (Collaboration)
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) (Collaboration)
- Unilever (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Syngenta (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- PPG Industries (United States) (Project Partner)
- Spectris (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Khaled SA
(2018)
Extrusion 3D Printing of Paracetamol Tablets from a Single Formulation with Tunable Release Profiles Through Control of Tablet Geometry.
in AAPS PharmSciTech
Ruiz-Cantu L
(2022)
Correction to "Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers".
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Ruiz-Cantu L
(2021)
Bespoke 3D-Printed Polydrug Implants Created via Microstructural Control of Oligomers.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Louzao I
(2018)
Identification of Novel "Inks" for 3D Printing Using High-Throughput Screening: Bioresorbable Photocurable Polymers for Controlled Drug Delivery.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Sathyanarayanan G
(2017)
Drug-Loaded Supramolecular Gels Prepared in a Microfluidic Platform: Distinctive Rheology and Delivery through Controlled Far-from-Equilibrium Mixing.
in ACS omega
Zhou Z
(2019)
High-throughput characterization of fluid properties to predict droplet ejection for three-dimensional inkjet printing formulations
in Additive Manufacturing
Zhang F
(2019)
Reactive material jetting of polyimide insulators for complex circuit board design
in Additive Manufacturing
He Y
(2021)
Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices.
in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
He Y
(2020)
A Reactive Prodrug Ink Formulation Strategy for Inkjet 3D Printing of Controlled Release Dosage Forms and Implants
in Advanced Therapeutics
He Y
(2021)
Inkjet 3D Printing of Polymers Resistant to Fungal Attachment.
in Bio-protocol
He Y
(2022)
Ink-jet 3D printing as a strategy for developing bespoke non-eluting biofilm resistant medical devices.
in Biomaterials
Samperi M
(2020)
Enhancing Singlet Oxygen Generation by Self-Assembly of a Porphyrin Entrapped in Supramolecular Fibers
in Cell Reports Physical Science
Samperi M
(2019)
Quantification of energy of activation to supramolecular nanofibre formation reveals enthalpic and entropic effects and morphological consequence.
in Chemical science
Vadodaria S
(2020)
Fabrication of surfactant-polyelectrolyte complex using valvejet 3D printing-aided colloidal self assembly
in Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
Parker M
(2017)
Mutual Complexation between p-p Stacked Molecular Tweezers
in Crystal Growth & Design
Salimi S
(2019)
Property enhancement of healable supramolecular polyurethanes
in European Polymer Journal
Gholamipour-Shirazi A
(2019)
Designing hydrocolloid based food-ink formulations for extrusion 3D printing
in Food Hydrocolloids
Kamlow M
(2022)
Release and co-release of model hydrophobic and hydrophilic actives from 3D printed kappa-carrageenan emulsion gels
in Food Hydrocolloids
Kamlow M
(2021)
3D printing of edible hydrogels containing thiamine and their comparison to cast gels
in Food Hydrocolloids
Daffner K
(2021)
Design and characterization of casein-whey protein suspensions via the pH-temperature-route for application in extrusion-based 3D-Printing
in Food Hydrocolloids
Fenton T
(2021)
Formulation and additive manufacturing of polysaccharide-surfactant hybrid gels as gelatin analogues in food applications
in Food Hydrocolloids
Kamlow M
(2021)
3D printing of kappa-carrageenan emulsion gels
in Food Hydrocolloids for Health
Gholamipour-Shirazi A
(2020)
How to Formulate for Structure and Texture via Medium of Additive Manufacturing-A Review.
in Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
Gholamipour-Shirazi A
(2021)
Dual stimuli-sensitive carrageenan-based formulation for additive manufacturing.
in International journal of biological macromolecules
Rodriguez-Salvador M
(2019)
Revealing emerging science and technology research for dentistry applications of 3D bioprinting.
in International journal of bioprinting
Chen H
(2022)
Experimental characterisation and modelling of the strain rate dependent mechanical response of a filled thermo-reversible supramolecular polyurethane
in International Journal of Impact Engineering
Clark EA
(2020)
Making tablets for delivery of poorly soluble drugs using photoinitiated 3D inkjet printing.
in International journal of pharmaceutics
Cader HK
(2019)
Water-based 3D inkjet printing of an oral pharmaceutical dosage form.
in International journal of pharmaceutics
Khaled SA
(2018)
3D extrusion printing of high drug loading immediate release paracetamol tablets.
in International journal of pharmaceutics
Clark E
(2017)
3D printing of tablets using inkjet with UV photoinitiation
in International Journal of Pharmaceutics
Ding J
(2021)
The economics of additive manufacturing: Towards a general cost model including process failure
in International Journal of Production Economics
Pearce A
(2019)
Versatile, Highly Controlled Synthesis of Hybrid (Meth)acrylate-Polyester-Carbonates and their Exploitation in Tandem Post-Polymerization-Functionalization
in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
Ruiz-Cantu L
(2019)
Synthesis of Methacrylate-Terminated Block Copolymers with Reduced Transesterification by Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization
in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
Zhao P
(2021)
Modelling the influence of UV curing strategies for optimisation of inkjet based 3D printing
in Materials & Design
Zhou Z
(2021)
An imidazolium-based supramolecular gelator enhancing interlayer adhesion in 3D printed dual network hydrogels
in Materials & Design
Madeira Do O J
(2019)
Poly(triazolyl methacrylate) glycopolymers as potential targeted unimolecular nanocarriers.
in Nanoscale
Hermida-Merino D
(2018)
Enhancement of microphase ordering and mechanical properties of supramolecular hydrogen-bonded polyurethane networks
in Polymer Chemistry
Salimi S
(2020)
A 3D printed drug delivery implant formed from a dynamic supramolecular polyurethane formulation
in Polymer Chemistry
Hermida-Merino D
(2021)
The effect of chiral end groups on the assembly of supramolecular polyurethanes
in Polymer Chemistry
Dundas A
(2019)
Methodology for the synthesis of methacrylate monomers using designed single mode microwave applicators
in Reaction Chemistry & Engineering
Vallieres C
(2020)
Discovery of (meth)acrylate polymers that resist colonization by fungi associated with pathogenesis and biodeterioration.
in Science advances
Begines B
(2019)
Design of highly stabilized nanocomposite inks based on biodegradable polymer-matrix and gold nanoparticles for Inkjet Printing.
in Scientific reports
Daffner K
(2020)
Imaging of dairy emulsions via a novel approach of transmission electron cryogenic microscopy using beam exposure
in Soft Matter
Dizon GC
(2020)
Sustainable sorbitol-derived compounds for gelation of the full range of ethanol-water mixtures.
in Soft matter
| Description | This award has laid the basis for understanding how to rapidly identify materials that are suitable for 3D printing. It developed a high throughput systems based around a liquid handler that sped up the assessment of candidate materials by x15. It then took this method and applied it to the creation of medical implants, including multidrug implants and bacterial resistant prosthetics. It also adopted artificial intelligence processes to speed up the process even further. These advances were made over multiple sectors: pharma, food and biomedical. Arising from this work have come key future research questions - how is it possible to determine what materials are useful for 3D printing? Can computational methods be deployed to speed up the process and even whether they can be used to circumvent practical experiments? Can we realise new products that have functionality not possible with other manufacturing methods as a consequence of this understanding of how to identify materials? |
| Exploitation Route | This method has wide applicability to many sectors - it is an underpinning technology that can be applied to select and identify functional materials ready for 3D printing. These outcomes can be taken forward through further academic research, speeding up the process further, by other academic teams wishing to exploit faster ways of finding materials suitable for their research, and by companies who want to implement 3D printing within their manufacturing. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| URL | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/cfam/major-epsrc-funding/index.aspx |
| Description | Our findings have been used to inform our Sector partners in the development of materials for additive manufacture. This has included Unilever, GSK, Malvern Instruments, PPG Inc and Syngenta. Further, these findings have now begun to find use outside of our original partners. Firstly, the findings are being translated via the University of Nottingham spin out, Added Scientific Ltd, to the UK sector and beyond, supporting the development of 3D printing materials for its own business and for its clients. Secondly, a new set of partners is being connected with, including AZ, Pfizer, Formlabs and Johnson Matthey, all of whom wish to explore how this technology can be used to assist the adoption of 3D printing into their companies. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | 3D Printing for World Class Additive Biofabrication |
| Amount | £964,323 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V036025/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2020 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | Accelerated Discovery and Development of New Medicines: Prosperity Partnership for a Healthier Nation |
| Amount | £5,495,023 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S035990/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | Accelerating commercialization of the Nottingham reactive 3D printing process (IAA - Impact Acceleration Account )- YH |
| Amount | £24,875 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 02/2022 |
| Description | Dialling up performance for on demand manufacturing |
| Amount | £5,865,536 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W017032/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2022 |
| End | 09/2027 |
| Description | MRC Confidence in Concept Award (CiC): Preparing for first in man trials of 3D printed solid dosage forms |
| Amount | £76,083 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | MSk MEC and UKRMP Smart Materials Hub Sandpit competition- Development of a fatigue detection device to prevent musculoskeletal injuries in football (LRC) |
| Amount | £14,900 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2019 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | MSk MEC and UKRMP Smart Materials Hub Sandpit competition: Mechano-chemical integration at the osteochondral interface (LRC) |
| Amount | £14,900 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2019 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | Nottingham UNICAS: Tea for two-photon polymerisation (EC, QH, LS) |
| Amount | £12,133 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2019 |
| End | 07/2019 |
| Description | Y He - Visiting Researcher Fellowship (UoSeville) |
| Amount | € 9,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | University of Seville |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Spain |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 11/2018 |
| Title | High throughput ink jet printability test |
| Description | We have developed a high throughput ink jet printability test that identifies materials with viscosity and surface tension within range of printability. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | None as of yet. |
| Description | Collaboration with Formlabs |
| Organisation | Formlabs |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Materials development |
| Collaborator Contribution | 3D printing |
| Impact | No outcomes yet. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | DFE Pharma |
| Organisation | DFE Pharma |
| Department | DFE Pharma Netherlands |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Materials development |
| Collaborator Contribution | Pharmaceuticals research |
| Impact | None |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | GSK Dosage Forms |
| Organisation | GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) |
| Department | GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Partnering with GSK to understand how 3D printing can be used to create solid dosage forms. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partnering with UoN to understand how 3D printing can be used to create solid dosage forms. |
| Impact | Further collaborative projects have emerged. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | NDA with Hamilton Robotics Company |
| Organisation | Hamilton Company |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NDA is signed between the University of Nottingham and Hamilton Robotics to establish collaboration between both sides on development of a liquid handling station on screening inkjet formulations. We disseminate their equipment and software in the journal and conference publications. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Hamilton Robotics can provide technical support to our research using their equipment and also offer discount on the purchase of their equipment |
| Impact | We have demonstrated some new capability of their equipment to measure viscosity and surface tension. Hamilton Robotics have offered discount on the purchase of their liquid handler. We have submitted a journal manuscript to Additive Manufacturing and will present related work on a conference during 4th - 6th March 2019. These activities will disseminate their equipment. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Title | Reactive Pro-Drug Formulation |
| Description | The present invention relates to methods of producing solid drug formulations and to solid drug formulations |
| IP Reference | PCT/GB2021/050227 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2021 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | None |
| Description | A Konta -participation in 'Family Discovery Day' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A Konta attended the outreach event 'Family Discovery Day at the University of Nottingham. The activity was called: "Plastics Vs Cells: Will the Super Bugs Win?" Children and parents entered into a battle of cells Vs plastics, trying to find the right material for the right cells.The event ws attended by more than 370 visitor. All the comments from the visitors were positive, the children seemed to love the activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Britest Keynote |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A keynote talk to the organisation 'Britest' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | KTN Workshop on additive biofabrication |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A dissemination event to inform business on the role of additve manufacturing in regenerative medicine. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | L Hart - Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | L Hart, (UoR) made a poster presentation at the Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering, poster title: Inkjet Printable Supramolecular Polymers: From 2D to 3D. The focus of the APME2017 meeting was on macromolecular engineering for the design of advanced polymeric structures, in connection to their characterisation and recent applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | L Hart - RSC Organic Division South-West Regional Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | L Hart (UoR), was a speaker at the RSC Organic Division South-West Regional Meeting. His presentation title was: Supramolecular Polymer Networks: Healable and Printable Materials.This meeting celebrated and showcased the organic chemistry conducted in the South West, with speakers who enthralled and educated the attendees on areas of current study in the South West. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | L Hart - poster presentation at the Recent Appointees in Polymer Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | L Hart made a poster presentation at the Recent Appointees in Polymer Science, Inkjet Printable Supramolecular Polymers: From 2D to 3D. Recent Appointees in Polymer Science (RAPS) is a network for young academic and industrial scientists working in any area of polymer science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | L Hart -Presentation at Supramolecular Polymer Networks- PLEASE CHECK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | L Hart (UoR) made a presentation at the Supramolecular Polymer Networks, Healing and Beyond (8-9th October 2018), title AMI Self-Healing Materials |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | L Ruiz et al - poster presentation at Biofabrication 2018. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | L Ruiz-Cantu, Z Zhou, V Taresco, D Irvine, R Hague, C Tuck and R Wildman,: poster presentation at the Biofabrication 2018, title: Formulating for 3D printing: high throughput formulation and screening of inks for 3D printing multi- functional drug delivery implants. The aim of the conference is to provide a broad communication platform for the multi-disciplinary community to enable researchers, clinicians and industry participants to exchange and disseminate the recent scientific discoveries, research activities, development and emerging applications in the field of Biofabrication. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2018 |
| Description | L Ruiz et al: poster presentation at the Macro Group UK Young Research Meeting 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | L Ruiz-Cantu made a presentation at the Macro Group UK Young Research Meeting, titled Synthetic biodegradable formulations for inkjet 3D printing personalised drug-eluting implants obtained by the combinatorial synthesis and high throughput screening of UV cross linkable polymers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | R Wildman - Presentation at RSC Future Formulation Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | R Wildman made a presentation at the RSC Future Formulation Event, on the research project , 'Formulation for 3D Printing' . This is a recurring event, which took place at the University of Durham (FF I in 2017) and University of Nottingham (FF II in 2018). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| Description | R Wildman - Presentation at CMAC Future Manufacturing Research Hub |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | R Wildman, R. made a presentation at CMAC Future Manufacturing Research Hub, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, 'Advances in 3D Printing (with a healthcare perspective)'. The presentation was followed by questions on project progress. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | R Wildman - Presentation at Irish Polymers and Materials Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | R Wildman made a presentation at the Irish Polymers and Materials Conference, IT Tallaght Dublin, 'Formulation for 3D Printing - challenges and solutions' . This conference, organised jointly by the SCI All Ireland Group and Materials Chemistry Group,looked at recent advances in materials for AM plus what are still seen as unmet needs. This was the first Irish conference on materials for AM and will be relevant to academics and industrialists, both Irish and International. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | R Wildman - presentation at Additive International conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | R Wildman and Ff3DP team attended the Additive International conference. He made a presentation with title: 'Materials: the more the merrier!' The conference was attended by more than 360 delegates and exhibitors from 20 countries. The participation to the event contributed to start of building new relationship with other researchers in the field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | RW: Presentation at Formnext International Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | R Wildman made a presentation at Formnext International Exhibition, Frankfurt, '3D Printing of Pills' (Nov 2018).Formnext is a leading exhibition and conference dedicated to additive manufacturing and all of its upstream and downstream processes. The presentation led to follow on enquiries on research carried out in the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Royal Society Summer Exhibition is an annual event held at the Royal Society designed to reach out to the public on subjects of high interest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021 |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition- 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Formulation for 3D printing team had the exciting opportunity to be part of the "Summer Science hub" at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2021 with the theme "Can we print your perfect pill". We made a movie1, a virtual game3 and a lightning lecture2, with contributions across the team, allowing the public to take a virtual step into our lab and learn about how, and why, we are working to create 3D printed medicine. With our movie we told the story of how polypills can lighten the pill burden, while with our game we put the player in the shoes of a pharmacist who has to manage a queue of patients! Our lightning lecture was seen by over 16000 people and was hosted by Dr Ruiz Cantu and Dr He who told the story of why we need to 3D print tablets. During the exhibition, we were delighted to talk about our research with BBC Radio 4 programme 'Inside Science', with BBC Radio Nottingham and a spot on Al Jazeera English TV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4nUbSjKslI&ab_channel=TheRoyalSociety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C05tBuY2PEw&list=PLg7f-TkW11iVmGf4Sexj_akSICGQ6vyEa https://limitless-beach-00824.herokuapp.com/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://limitless-beach-00824.herokuapp.com/ |
| Description | Y He et al - presentation at the University of Cadiz |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | He Y., made a presentation at the University of Cadiz, title "The Application of 3D printing for biomedical device: high-throughput formulating and multi-functional AM process" (other authors from the University of Nottingham: Clark E.A., Khaled S., Ruiz-Cantu, L., Zhou Z., Irvine D., Robert C., Hague R., Tuck C., Wildman R). The presentation was very well received and plans for future collaboration were made. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Y He et al- University of Seville presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | He Y., Clark E.A., Khaled S., Ruiz-Cantu, L., Zhou Z., Irvine D., Robert C., Hague R., Tuck C., Wildman R. made a presentation at the University of Seville, title : "The Application of 3D printing for biomedical device: high-throughput formulating and multi-functional AM process". The presentation was followed by discussions,the researchers at the Seville University were interested in future collaboration and currently a research publication is in progress. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Z Zhou - invited lecture at De Montfort University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Z Zhou was invited to give a lecture on 'Additive Manufacturing' for 1st-year Physics students in De Montfort University. Presentation was given to an audience of 23 students and it was followed by further questions and discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Z Zhou et al- poster presentation at the Macro Group UK Young Research Meeting 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Z Zhou made a presentation at the Macro Group UK Young Research Meeting, title: A Combinatorial Approach to Discover Polymer Formulations for Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |