The boom in 3D-printed sensor technology

Y Xu, X Wu, X Guo, B Kong, M Zhang, X Qian, S Mi… - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
Future sensing applications will include high-performance features, such as toxin detection,
real-time monitoring of physiological events, advanced diagnostics, and connected …

3D/4D-printed bending-type soft pneumatic actuators: Fabrication, modelling, and control

A Zolfagharian, MAP Mahmud, S Gharaie… - Virtual and Physical …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) that are manufactured entirely via
additive manufacturing methods. These actuators are known as four-dimensional (4D) …

[HTML][HTML] Closed-loop 4D-printed soft robots

A Zolfagharian, A Kaynak, A Kouzani - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Soft robotics is a recent and rapidly growing field of research that encompasses emerging
advances in functional materials, fabrication, modelling, and performance control with …

Light to shape the future: from photolithography to 4D printing

J del Barrio… - Advanced Optical Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last few decades, the demand of polymeric structures with well‐defined features of
different size, dimension, and functionality has increased from various application areas …

Advancements in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) inks for printed optoelectronics: A comprehensive review

I Shahbaz, M Tahir, L Li, Y Song - Materials Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Printed optoelectronics are paramount in emerging research due to their cost-effectiveness,
flexibility, and compatibility with diverse substrates, offering innovative solutions for efficient …

Inkjet printing of functional materials for optical and photonic applications

J Alamán, R Alicante, JI Peña, C Sánchez-Somolinos - Materials, 2016 - mdpi.com
Inkjet printing, traditionally used in graphics, has been widely investigated as a valuable tool
in the preparation of functional surfaces and devices. This review focuses on the use of …

Control-based 4D printing: Adaptive 4D-printed systems

A Zolfagharian, A Kaynak, M Bodaghi, AZ Kouzani… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …

3D-printing of arsenic sulfide chalcogenide glasses

E Baudet, Y Ledemi, P Larochelle, S Morency… - Optical Materials …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
The use of a 3D-printing additive manufacturing process is reported for the first time for the
extrusion of chalcogenide glasses by using a filament feed. Several challenges were …

Optical elements from 3D printed polymers

T Blachowicz, G Ehrmann, A Ehrmann - e-Polymers, 2021 - degruyter.com
Abstract 3D printing belongs to the emerging technologies of our time. Describing diverse
specific techniques, 3D printing enables rapid production of individual objects and creating …

Two-dimensional material-based printed photonics: a review

BM Francis, JS Ponraj, B Dhanabalan… - 2D …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Functional inks based on two-dimensional (2D) materials have potential application in
building new and commercially viable photonic devices via different printing techniques …