TY - JOUR A1 - Hupfeld, T. A1 - Laumer, Tobias A1 - Stichel, T. A1 - Schuffenhauer, T. A1 - Heberle, J. A1 - Schmidt, M. A1 - Barcikowski, S. A1 - Gökce, B. T1 - A new approach to coat PA12 powders with laser-generated nanoparticles for selective laser sintering JF - Procedia CIRP N2 - The modification of selective laser sintering (SLS) powder materials by nanoadditives offers the possibility to adapt the powder properties to the laser sintering process or the resulting part properties. To avoid agglomeration of the nanofiller, a new approach in which surfactant-free laser-generated colloidal nanoparticles are adsorbed onto the polymer surface directly in an aqueous solution is demonstrated. Based on this novel approach, polyamide 12 (PA12) powders are decorated with metal and oxide nanoparticles and processed via SLS. Electron microscopy and confocal laser scanning imaging are utilized to analyze the dispersion of the filler. KW - laser additive manufacturing KW - nanoparticles KW - polymer powders KW - pulsed laser ablation in liquids KW - selective laser sintering Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2018.08.103 VL - 74 SP - 244 EP - 248 PB - Elsevier ER -