Review Article
  • Selective Laser Melting of Metal Matrix Composites: A Review of Materials and Process Design

  • Min-Kyeom Kim*,1, Taehwan Kim*,1, Ju-won Kim*, Dongwon Kim*, Yongjian Fang*, Jonghwan No*,**, Jonghwan Suhr*‚***†

  • * Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
    ** Global Technology Center (GTC) Mold Solution, Samsung Electronics, Kwangju 61010, Korea
    *** Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea

  • 레이저로 적층 제조한 금속 기지재 복합재료의 설계 및 제조 연구동향

  • 김민겸*,1 · 김태환*,1 · 김주원* · 김동원* · 방영젠* · 노종환*,** · 서종환*,***†

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  • Jonghwan Suhr

  • * Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
    *** Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea

  • E-mail: suhr@skku.edu