The Resolution–Throughput Conflict In Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing

Material extrusion additive manufacturing enables a wide range of technologies, from microscale functional devices to meter-scale structural components, yet its broader adoption as a manufacturing platform and, increasingly, as a materials discovery tool remains constrained by a persistent coupling between resolution and throughput. Across materials, architectures, and length scales, improvements in geometric resolution are systematically accompanied by disproportionate reductions in deposition