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 …

Polymers for additive manufacturing and 4D-printing: Materials, methodologies, and biomedical applications

CM González-Henríquez, MA Sarabia-Vallejos… - Progress in Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as additive manufacturing, permits the fabrication
of fully customized objects with a high level of geometrical complexity at reduced fabrication …

Advances in shape memory polymers: Remote actuation, multi-stimuli control, 4D printing and prospective applications

X Wang, Y He, Y Liu, J Leng - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2022 - Elsevier
Shape memory polymer (SMP) is an excellent smart material, which can sense and perform
active shape change as preprogrammed. So far, there are a wide variety of stimulus …

[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 …

Shape‐memory polymers for biomedical applications

J Delaey, P Dubruel… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most promising fields for shape‐memory polymers is the biomedical field. Shape‐
memory polymers that can be triggered by various (physiological) conditions such as …

[HTML][HTML] A review of stimuli-responsive shape memory polymer composites

H Meng, G Li - polymer, 2013 - Elsevier
The past decade has witnessed remarkable advances in stimuli-responsive shape memory
polymers (SMPs) with potential applications in biomedical devices, aerospace, textiles, civil …

Recent advances in shape–memory polymers: Structure, mechanism, functionality, modeling and applications

J Hu, Y Zhu, H Huang, J Lu - Progress in polymer science, 2012 - Elsevier
Research on shape–memory polymers (SMPs) has been actively conducted for more than
three decades. Recently, interest in this area has intensified. Even though there have been a …

Shape-memory polymers for multiple applications in the materials world

F Pilate, A Toncheva, P Dubois, JM Raquez - European Polymer Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) as stimuli-responsive shape-changing polymers are of
great interest for fundamental research and technological innovation. In this contribution, a …

Shape-memory polymers and their composites: stimulus methods and applications

J Leng, X Lan, Y Liu, S Du - Progress in Materials Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) undergo significant macroscopic deformation upon the
application of an external stimulus (eg, heat, electricity, light, magnetism, moisture and even …

Stimulus-responsive shape memory materials: a review

L Sun, WM Huang, Z Ding, Y Zhao, CC Wang… - Materials & Design, 2012 - Elsevier
Stimulus-responsive materials are able to response to a particular stimulus, such as, heat,
chemical, and light. As such, they are smarter and more intelligent than ordinary materials …