Direct ink writing: a 3D printing technology for diverse materials

M Saadi, A Maguire, NT Pottackal… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Additive manufacturing (AM) has gained significant attention due to its ability to drive
technological development as a sustainable, flexible, and customizable manufacturing …

Recent progress on polymer materials for additive manufacturing

LJ Tan, W Zhu, K Zhou - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Additive manufacturing (AM) is the process of printing 3D objects in a layer‐by‐layer
manner. Polymers and their composites are some of the most widely used materials in …

Recent advances in stimuli‐responsive shape‐morphing hydrogels

X Liu, M Gao, J Chen, S Guo, W Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by shape‐morphing organisms in nature, researchers have developed various
hydrogels with stimuli‐responsive swelling, shrinking, bending, folding, origami, rolling …

4D printing of polymers: Techniques, materials, and prospects

P Fu, H Li, J Gong, Z Fan, AT Smith, K Shen… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the concept of four-dimensional (4D) printing first emerged from additive
manufacturing technologies in 2013, there has been growing interest from researchers …

4D printing of hydrogels: a review

M Champeau, DA Heinze, TN Viana… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D printing permits the construction of objects by layer‐by‐layer deposition of
material, resulting in precise control of the dimensions and properties of complex printed …

3D printing of polymer hydrogels—from basic techniques to programmable actuation

F Puza, K Lienkamp - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This review discusses the currently available 3D printing approaches, design concepts, and
materials that are used to obtain programmable hydrogel actuators. These polymer …

[HTML][HTML] Elastic architected mechanical metamaterials with negative stiffness effect for high energy dissipation and low frequency vibration suppression

S Chen, X Liu, J Hu, B Wang, M Li, L Wang… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research, mechanical metamaterials with negative stiffness (NS) effect were
architected and fabricated for high energy dissipation and low frequency vibration …

4D printed hydrogels: fabrication, materials, and applications

Y Dong, S Wang, Y Ke, L Ding, X Zeng… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 4D printed objects are 3D printed structures whose shape, property, and
functionality are able to self‐transform when exposed to a predetermined stimulus. The …

Untethered unidirectionally crawling gels driven by asymmetry in contact forces

A Pantula, B Datta, Y Shi, M Wang, J Liu, S Deng… - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
Reversible thermoresponsive hydrogels, which swell and shrink (deswell) in the
temperature range of 30° to 60° C, provide an attractive material class for operating …

3D Printing of an In Situ Grown MOF Hydrogel with Tunable Mechanical Properties

W Liu, O Erol, DH Gracias - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2020 - ACS Publications
Due to their precisely modifiable microporosity and chemical functionality, Metal–Organic
Frameworks (MOFs) have revolutionized catalysis, separations, gas storage, drug delivery …