4D printing for biomedical applications

E Yarali, MJ Mirzaali, A Ghalayaniesfahani… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 4D (bio‐) printing endows 3D printed (bio‐) materials with multiple functionalities
and dynamic properties. 4D printed materials have been recently used in biomedical …

[HTML][HTML] Revolutionizing manufacturing: a review of 4D printing materials, stimuli, and cutting-edge applications

A Mahmood, T Akram, C Shenggui, H Chen - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
The concept of four-dimensional (4D) printing emerged from the addition of the time
dimension into the more established additive manufacturing (AM) methods, namely 3D …

Twisted-layer boron nitride ceramic with high deformability and strength

Y Wu, Y Zhang, X Wang, W Hu, S Zhao, T Officer, K Luo… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Moiré superlattices formed by twisted stacking in van der Waals materials have emerged as
a new platform for exploring the physics of strongly correlated materials and other emergent …

Plastic deformation in silicon nitride ceramics via bond switching at coherent interfaces

J Zhang, G Liu, W Cui, Y Ge, S Du, Y Gao, Y Zhang… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Covalently bonded ceramics exhibit preeminent properties—including hardness, strength,
chemical inertness, and resistance against heat and corrosion—yet their wider application is …

Emerging 4D printing strategies for next‐generation tissue regeneration and medical devices

Y Wang, H Cui, T Esworthy, D Mei, Y Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid development of 3D printing has led to considerable progress in the field of
biomedical engineering. Notably, 4D printing provides a potential strategy to achieve a time …

Future of additive manufacturing: Overview of 4D and 3D printed smart and advanced materials and their applications

KR Ryan, MP Down, CE Banks - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract 4D printing is an emerging field in additive manufacturing of time responsive
programmable materials. The combination of 3D printing technologies with materials that …

Fatigue-resistant high-performance elastocaloric materials made by additive manufacturing

H Hou, E Simsek, T Ma, NS Johnson, S Qian, C Cissé… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Elastocaloric cooling, a solid-state cooling technology, exploits the latent heat released and
absorbed by stress-induced phase transformations. Hysteresis associated with …

Super-elastic ferroelectric single-crystal membrane with continuous electric dipole rotation

G Dong, S Li, M Yao, Z Zhou, YQ Zhang, X Han, Z Luo… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Ferroelectrics are usually inflexible oxides that undergo brittle deformation. We synthesized
freestanding single-crystalline ferroelectric barium titanate (BaTiO3) membranes with a …

Nanograin–glass dual-phasic, elasto-flexible, fatigue-tolerant, and heat-insulating ceramic sponges at large scales

L Li, C Jia, Y Liu, B Fang, W Zhu, X Li, LA Schaefer, Z Li… - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Ceramics are considered intrinsically brittle at room temperature, which is mainly attributed
to the limited availability of crystallographic slips and pre-existing geometrical flaws …

4D printing of materials for the future: Opportunities and challenges

S Joshi, K Rawat, C Karunakaran, V Rajamohan… - Applied Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
The concept of 4D printing is its formation of complex three-dimensional structures that have
the ability to adopt different shapes and forms when subjected to different environmental …