On 9 December 2025, the Working Group “Advanced Materials for Additive Manufacturing” (AdMa4AM) convened in Leoben, Austria, under the AM-Austria framework. The meeting took place at the Impulse Centre of Montanuniversität Leoben and was led by Dr Brigitte Kriszt, Research and Innovation Service.
The session brought together participants to derive key property requirements for next-generation materials. These ranged from optical and quantum-physical effects to integrated sensing and self-organisation. Further priorities included self-healing and pH-responsive characteristics, as well as lightweight design and temperature and radiation resistance for biomaterials.
Participants also identified major challenges, including suitable material combinations, scaling from laboratory development to industrial deployment, monitoring of autonomous actions, multi-material joints, recycling, certification, and the avoidance of greenwashing in sustainable materials.
Promising additive manufacturing material types discussed included Autonomous AM, Bio-Aerospace (Baero), SelfX AM, and biomimetic metals. Options such as multi-material and graded materials, auxetic structures, and integrated sensing were highlighted. The workshop further emphasised the necessary coupling of material and AM process development, noting that boundaries between material, structure, and function are increasingly blurring.
The outcomes represent an important tribute to the ATIMA project, underlining the growing necessity of advanced materials in the field of additive manufacturing.
