American University Team Wins Altmetric Award

Back in early 2016, a team of researchers from American University discovered an innovative way to combine chemistry and 3D printing: the researchers, led by university chemistry professor Matthew Hartings, figured out how to create structures using active chemistry, while 3D printing commercially. The team published their findings in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, or STAM, in the paper 'The chemical, mechanical, and physical properties of 3D printed materials composed of TiO2-ABS nanocomposites.' There was so much social media interest in the paper on chemically active 3D prints that the team has been awarded STAM's 2016 Altmetric Award. The "intense interest," in both mainstream and social media, in the team's results, which demonstrate the chemical reactivity of nanocomposites in 3D printed structures, led them to win the award. Read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/162191/3d-printi...ry-stam-award/

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