[HTML][HTML] Advances in 3D/4D printing of mechanical metamaterials: From manufacturing to applications

X Zhou, L Ren, Z Song, G Li, J Zhang, B Li, Q Wu… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mechanical metamaterials are a class of functional materials with designability and
extraordinary mechanical properties. Due to the manufacturing limitation of traditional …

[HTML][HTML] 4D bioprinting of smart polymers for biomedical applications: Recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

ZU Arif, MY Khalid, A Zolfagharian… - Reactive and Functional …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 4D bioprinting is the next-generation additive manufacturing-based fabrication
platform employed to construct intricate, adaptive, and dynamic soft and hard tissue …

Active materials for functional origami

S Leanza, S Wu, X Sun, HJ Qi, RR Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, origami has been explored to aid in the design of engineering structures.
These structures span multiple scales and have been demonstrated to be used toward …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A review of 4D printing–technologies, shape shifting, smart polymer based materials, and biomedical applications

R Sajjad, ST Chauhdary, MT Anwar, A Zahid… - Advanced Industrial and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been a noticeable technology and made significant
progress since the late 1980s. Despite the tremendous growth, this technology is still facing …

[HTML][HTML] A review of 3D/4D printing of poly-lactic acid composites with bio-derived reinforcements

LP Muthe, K Pickering, C Gauss - Composites Part C: Open Access, 2022 - Elsevier
Poly-lactic acid (PLA) has become a commonly used polymer for additive manufacturing
because of its bio-derived nature, useful mechanical properties, and excellent …

3D and 4D bioprinting technologies: a game changer for the biomedical sector?

R Noroozi, ZU Arif, H Taghvaei, MY Khalid… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2023 - Springer
Bioprinting is an innovative and emerging technology of additive manufacturing (AM) and
has revolutionized the biomedical sector by printing three-dimensional (3D) cell-laden …

Harnessing 4D printing bioscaffolds for advanced orthopedics

X Chen, S Han, W Wu, Z Wu, Y Yuan, J Wu, C Liu - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The development of programmable functional biomaterials makes 4D printing add a new
dimension, time (t), based on 3D structures (x, y, z), therefore, 4D printed constructs could …

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 …

4D printing in biomedical applications: emerging trends and technologies

T Agarwal, SY Hann, I Chiesa, H Cui… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature's material systems during evolution have developed the ability to respond and adapt
to environmental stimuli through the generation of complex structures capable of varying …