Multiscale Additive Manufacturing by Combined Extrusion Processes
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The development of materials with hierarchically organized features across multiple length scales is crucial for a wide range of applications, including photonics, soft robotics, and energy harvesting. In this contribution we will review ongoing research activities in our group aimed at realizing devices patterned on multiple scales by using Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) and electrospinning, by which it is possible to integrate in a single platform the capabilities of both the fabrication techniques. Example of applications include the development of disordered lasers.