Polystyrene is manufactured in various forms that have differint applications.
It was designed at Carnegie Mellon University while the electronics and thermoplastic shell is developed and fabricated by Automatika, Inc.
In a standard T-NIL process, a thin layer of imprint resist (thermoplastic polymer) is spin coated onto the sample substrate.
Paraloid B-72 or B-72 is a thermoplastic resin that was created by Rohm and Haas for use as a surface coating and as a vehicle for flexographic ink.
Polycarbonates (PC), known by the trademarked names Lexan, Makrolon, Makroclear and others, are a particular group of thermoplastic polymers.
A genericized trademark term for Polyoxymethylene, a synthetic acetal thermoplastic material related to Delrin; the term is derived from the name of the Polypenco company which is famous for Delrin
There are other types of interlayer materials in use, including polyurethanes such as Duraflex-brand thermoplastic polyurethane film, manufactured by Bayer MaterialScience, Leverkusen, Germany.
SHS works by using a thermal printhead as opposed to a laser in Selective laser sintering to direct heat to layers of powdered thermoplastic.
Polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate a thermoplastic polyester formed from terephthalic acid