Background Of the many types of 3D printing, stereolithography (SLA) tends to produce the best resolution. SLA involves selectively curing a liquid photocurable polymer precursor with 2D light patterns to create a layered 3D structure. Because the precursors to SLA are liquid, mixing in nanoscale fillers allows effective 3D printing of nanocomposites...

Metal diboride nanomaterials have recently garnered interest due to their promising applications. Theoretical treatments have predicted that these boron compounds could provide novel electronic properties and in some cases, electrical conductivity that exceeds that of carbon nanotubes. Additionally, these materials are likely to exhibit extreme temperature...

Two-dimensional, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are a class of layered materials that are attracting significant research mainly due to their potential applications in flexible electronics, energy harvesting/storage, and photonics. TMDCs consist of a transition metal bonded to two semiconductor elements (chalcogenides) and have physical properties...