Sustainable Advanced Materials for Digital and Additive Manufacturing: Innovations and Engineering Applications

The growing demand for high-performance materials with reduced environmental impact has accelerated the development of sustainable advanced materials and resource-efficient manufacturing technologies. Digital and additive manufacturing are providing new opportunities to design, process, optimize, and fabricate advanced materials with improved control over material utilization, processing conditions, geometry, and functional performance. The integration of computational modelling, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), digital twins, process monitoring, and data-driven optimization further supports intelligent materials processing and manufacturing. Advanced composites, hybrid materials, functional materials, and other high-performance material systems can benefit from these approaches through improved processing–structure–property relationships and efficient manufacturing. Building on advances in materials processing, computational engineering, and Industry 4.0 technologies, this Research Topic focuses on the development and manufacturing of sustainable advanced materials through digital and additive manufacturing approaches for emerging engineering applications.The goal of this Research Topic is to advance the integration of sustainable advanced materials with digital and additive manufacturing technologies to address challenges related to material performance, manufacturing efficiency, resource utilization, and environmental sustainability. Recent developments in additive manufacturing, digital manufacturing, computational modelling, AI, ML, materials informatics, digital twins, and intelligent process monitoring provide new opportunities for optimizing material composition, manufacturing parameters, microstructure, defects, and final component performance. This Research Topic seeks contributions that establish meaningful relationships between material design, manufacturing processes, processing parameters, microstructure, and engineering performance. Particular attention is given to advanced composites, hybrid and functional materials, intelligent processing, surface and interface engineering, process optimization, and manufacturing-induced performance. Research addressing mechanical, thermal, electrical, tribological, environmental, multifunctional, durability, and reliability characteristics is welcomed when directly connected to sustainable digital or additive manufacturing. The Research Topic aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform for advancing resource-efficient, digitally enabled, and high-performance materials and manufacturing technologies for future engineering applications.This Research Topic welcomes original research articles, review articles, mini reviews, and perspectives on sustainable advanced materials enabled by digital and additive manufacturing.The scope of the Special Issue includes, but is not limited to the following topics:• Sustainable Materials and Composite Systems • Additive Manufacturing and Emerging Fabrication Technologies • Digital Manufacturing and Intelligent Processing • Computational and Data-Driven Materials Engineering • Surface, Interface, and Process–Structure–Property Engineering • Sustainability, Performance, and Engineering Applications Topic editors: Vijayakumar Sivasundar, J. Paulo Davim, Sikiru Oluwarotimi ISMAIL Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/85146/sustainable-advanced-materials-for-digital-and-additive-manufacturing-innovations-and-engineering-applications