Editorial for the Special Issue on Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Composites.

The editorial discusses the increasing attention and importance of additive manufacturing (AM) techniques in the fabrication of advanced composites. It highlights various studies that have explored different AM processes, such as extrusion-based methods, fused filament fabrication, and electron-beam AM, to produce composites with improved mechanical properties. The editorial also mentions research on modeling and characterization of structure-property performance, as well as efforts to enhance the mechanical performance of AM-fabricated composites through hybrid approaches and continuous fiber integration. However, it acknowledges that there is still room for improvement in the mechanical properties of AM-fabricated composites compared to those created with conventional fabrication methods. The collection of studies presented in the editorial aims to contribute to the advancement of AM technology for advanced composites. [Extracted from the article]