Research Progress in 3D Printing of Inorganic Non-metallic Materials Reinforced Flexible Devices
Flexible devices have been developed rapidly due to their broad application prospects.In preparing composite devices,3D printing technolo-gy,with the advantages of low cost,no need to open molds,saving materials and time,has become a new popular way to build high-per-formance flexible composite devices.During the preparing of these flexible composite devices,inorganic non-metallic materials with unique me-chanical properties and functions are often used as reinforcement systems to improve their mechanical properties or give them new functions.In this paper,several commonly used 3D printing techniques are reviewed,including fused deposition modeling,powder bed melting,inkjet printing,stereolithography,etc.The forming methods and properties of carbon and ceramic reinforced flexible composite devices and their application prospects in the fields of biomedicine,electronic information and intelligent sensing are introduced.Finally,the current challenges and prospects of inorganic non-metallic materials for flexible devices are proposed.
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