4D printing: Fundamentals, materials, applications and challenges

A Ahmed, S Arya, V Gupta, H Furukawa, A Khosla - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract 4D printing refers to single-material or multi-material printing of a device or object
that can be transformed from a 1D strand into pre-programed 3D shape, from a 2D surface …

3D‐Printed anisotropic polymer materials for functional applications

J Chen, X Liu, Y Tian, W Zhu, C Yan, Y Shi… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anisotropy is the characteristic of a material to exhibit variations in its mechanical, electrical,
thermal, optical properties, etc. along different directions. Anisotropic materials have …

Trends in the Diels–Alder reaction in polymer chemistry

B Briou, B Améduri, B Boutevin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The Diels–Alder (DA) reaction is regarded as quite a useful strategy in organic and
macromolecular syntheses. The reversibility of this reaction and the advent of self-repair …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing for polymer/particle-based processing: A review

W Xu, S Jambhulkar, Y Zhu, D Ravichandran… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
The 3D printing method, alternatively known as additive manufacturing (AM), is promising for
rapid tooling and layered micromanufacturing. However, significant fundamental research …

Fused filament fabrication of polymer materials: A review of interlayer bond

X Gao, S Qi, X Kuang, Y Su, J Li, D Wang - Additive Manufacturing, 2021 - Elsevier
Fused filament fabrication (FFF), one of the most promising additive manufacturing (AM)
methods has attracted considerable attention to date. Although FFF is evolving into a …

A review on self-healing polymers for soft robotics

S Terryn, J Langenbach, E Roels, J Brancart… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
The intrinsic compliance of soft robots provides safety, a natural adaptation to its
environment, allows to absorb shocks, and protects them against mechanical impacts …

Crosslinking strategies for 3D bioprinting of polymeric hydrogels

A GhavamiNejad, N Ashammakhi, XY Wu… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Three‐dimensional (3D) bioprinting has recently advanced as an important tool to
produce viable constructs that can be used for regenerative purposes or as tissue models …

Advances in 4D printing: materials and applications

X Kuang, DJ Roach, J Wu, CM Hamel… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 4D printing has attracted tremendous interest since its first conceptualization in
2013. 4D printing derived from the fast growth and interdisciplinary research of smart …

Extrusion 3D printing of polymeric materials with advanced properties

Z Jiang, B Diggle, ML Tan, J Viktorova… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D printing is a rapidly growing technology that has an enormous potential to
impact a wide range of industries such as engineering, art, education, medicine, and …

Toward stimuli‐responsive dynamic thermosets through continuous development and improvements in covalent adaptable networks (CANs)

M Podgórski, BD Fairbanks, BE Kirkpatrick… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Covalent adaptable networks (CANs), unlike typical thermosets or other covalently
crosslinked networks, possess a unique, often dormant ability to activate one or more forms …