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4D Printing of Electroactive Materials [PDF]
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021 In recent years, the intersection of 3D printing and “smart” stimuli‐responsive materials has led to the development of 4D printing, an emerging field that is a subset of current additive manufacturing research. By integrating existing printing processes
Andrew Y. Chen +4 more
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Towards 4D printing in pharmaceutics. [PDF]
Int J Pharm X, 2023 Four-dimensional printing (4DP) is emerging as an innovative research topic. It involves the use of smart materials for three-dimensional printing (3DP) of items that change their shape after production, in a programmed way over time, when exposed to appropriate external non-mechanical stimuli (moisture, electric or magnetic fields, UV, temperature, pH
Gazzaniga A +7 more
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Research Progress on Four-Dimensional (4D) Printing Technology in the Food Processing Field [PDF]
Shipin Kexue, 2023 As an extension of 3D printing technology, 4D printing technology can change the structure, shape and function of printed materials over time, transforming printed materials from a static to a dynamic structure.
ZHAO Yubo, ZHANG Lang, CHEN Qian, KONG Baohua, DIAO Xinping
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4D Printing of Shape-Morphing Liquid Crystal Elastomers [PDF]
Chem & Bio EngineeringIn nature, biological systems can sense environmental changes and alter their performance parameters in real time to adapt to environmental changes. Inspired by these, scientists have developed a range of novel shape-morphing materials.
Tongzhi Zang +7 more
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Results in Materials, 2022 Mechanical properties and fracture morphologies of Poly-Lactic acid (PLA) neat and composites (PLA reinforced with Aluminium, Copper, Carbon fibres and Brass) developed by Material Extrusion based Additive Manufacturing technique were studied to ...
Deepak Mudakavi +3 more
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Control-Based 4D Printing: Adaptive 4D-Printed Systems [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2020 Building on the recent progress of four-dimensional (4D) printing to produce dynamic structures, this study aimed to bring this technology to the next level by introducing control-based 4D printing to develop adaptive 4D-printed systems with highly versatile multi-disciplinary applications, including medicine, in the form of assisted soft robots, smart
Ali Zolfagharian +5 more
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Applied Food Research, 2022 4D printing is an additive manufacturing technique and is an extension of 3D printing. 4D food printing is a newly developed area in 4D printing, and it is in the stage of infancy.
Muhammed Navaf +6 more
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A Comprehensive Review of 4D Printing: State of the Arts, Opportunities, and Challenges
Actuators, 2023 Over the past decade, 3D printing technology has been leading the manufacturing revolution. A recent development in the field of 3D printing has added time as a fourth dimension to obtain 4D printing parts.
Faisal Khaled Aldawood
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Significance of 4D printing for dentistry: Materials, process, and potentials
Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research, 2022 Every industry need helps to modify its working style quickly with the improvement of existing technology. New developing technologies improve production speed, reduce industrial process costs, etc. Technical specialists carry out continuous research and
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