Synthesis and characterization of high-performance sustainable polymers for FDM applications

The trend toward a new era of sustainable production motivates the demand for compatible high-performance polymers designed for fused deposition modeling (FDM) applications. In our synthesis and characterization work toward green polymers designed in conformance with the highest stringent mechanical requirements for specific application areas of FDM technologies, we focus on polymer composite materials that are potentially both biodegradable as well as bio-based polymers. Mechanical characterization is done on the tensile strength, flexural strength, and impact resistance of the synthesized polymers. The results show that these polymers possess enough mechanical toughness for FDM. In addition, the adhesion among the layers increases with the help of these sustainable polymers, which gives the printable form. If sustainability is retained to meet the required mechanical conditions by FDM, then the outcome presents a route toward increasing their application in the manufacturing industries and adds less to the degradation of the environment while not retarding its performance. This work contributes to the field of sustainable additive manufacturing by providing viable alternatives to traditional materials, thus opening avenues for environmentally friendly and high-performance polymers to be used in FDM.