Enhanced feedstock for additive manufacturing
AssigneesUCL Business PLC, Imperial College Innovations Limited
InventorsChu Lun Alex Leung, Iuliia Elizarova, Peter D Lee, Eduardo Saiz
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Abstract
A method for producing an additive manufacturing feedstock, the method comprising adding a photothermal agent to a construction material to cause the photothermal agent to be in thermally conductive contact with the construction material, whereby to produce the additive manufacturing feedstock, wherein the photothermal agent comprises chemically modified graphene, CMG.
Claims25
A method for producing an additive manufacturing feedstock, the method comprising:
- adding a photothermal agent to a construction material to cause the photothermal agent to be in thermally conductive contact with the construction material, whereby to produce the additive manufacturing feedstock, wherein the photothermal agent comprises chemically modified graphene, CMG.
An additive manufacturing feedstock, the feedstock comprising:
- a construction material;
- and
- a photothermal agent to convert at least a part of incident light into thermal energy, the photothermal agent being in thermally conductive contact with the construction material, wherein the photothermal agent comprises chemically modified graphene, CMG.
A method for additive manufacturing comprising:
- directing electromagnetic, EM, radiation onto an additive manufacturing feedstock, thereby fusing portions of the additive manufacturing feedstock to form a component, wherein:
- the additive manufacturing feedstock comprises a construction material and a photothermal agent to convert at least a portion of the light into thermal energy, the photothermal agent being in thermally conductive contact with the construction material;
- and
- the photothermal agent comprises chemically modified graphene, CMG.
A photothermal agent for enhancing photothermal properties of an additive manufacturing feedstock, the photothermal agent comprising chemically modified graphene, CMG.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.