A review of shape memory polymers and composites: mechanisms, materials, and applications

Y Xia, Y He, F Zhang, Y Liu, J Leng - Advanced materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decades, interest in shape memory polymers (SMPs) has persisted, and
immense efforts have been dedicated to developing SMPs and their multifunctional …

Extrusion-based 3D printing applications of PLA composites: a review

EH Tümer, HY Erbil - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polylactic acid (PLA) is the most widely used raw material in extrusion-based three-
dimensional (3D) printing (fused deposition modeling, FDM approach) in many areas since …

Recent advances in the additive manufacturing of stimuli‐responsive soft polymers

A Tariq, ZU Arif, MY Khalid, M Hossain… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive polymers (SRPs) are special types of soft materials, which have been
extensively used for developing flexible actuators, soft robots, wearable devices, sensors …

Current status and future directions of fused filament fabrication

S Singh, G Singh, C Prakash, S Ramakrishna - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fused filament fabrication (FFF), a much-appreciated three-dimensional printing (3DP)
technology, has triggered the industrial innovations by providing viable and cost-effective …

Smart polymers and nanocomposites for 3D and 4D printing

M Falahati, P Ahmadvand, S Safaee, YC Chang, Z Lyu… - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Smart materials, also known as intelligent materials, which are responsive to the external
stimuli including heat, moisture, stress, pH, and magnetic fields, have found extensive …

Developments in 4D-printing: a review on current smart materials, technologies, and applications

Z Zhang, KG Demir, GX Gu - … Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Recent advances in additive manufacturing (AM), commonly known as three-dimensional
(3D)-printing, have allowed researchers to create complex shapes previously impossible …

[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 …

Reconfigurable 4D printing of reprocessable and mechanically strong polythiourethane covalent adaptable networks

C Cui, L An, Z Zhang, M Ji, K Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 4D printing has attracted tremendous interest because of its potential applications
in smart devices, biomedical and tissue engineering. However, conventional shape memory …

4D printing of shape memory materials for textiles: mechanism, mathematical modeling, and challenges

MC Biswas, S Chakraborty… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Shape memory materials (SMMs) in 3D printing (3DP) technology garnered much attention
due to their ability to respond to external stimuli, which direct this technology toward an …

4D printing: technological and manufacturing renaissance

MY Khalid, ZU Arif, W Ahmed - Macromolecular Materials and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Shape‐memory materials (SMMs) combined with 3D printing to develop dynamic and
adaptive products which are responsive to physical, chemical, or biological stimuli. These …