4D printing of materials for the future: Opportunities and challenges

S Joshi, K Rawat, C Karunakaran, V Rajamohan… - Applied Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
The concept of 4D printing is its formation of complex three-dimensional structures that have
the ability to adopt different shapes and forms when subjected to different environmental …

Inkjet four-dimensional printing of shape memory polymers: a review

M Nachimuthu, R PK - Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to provide a review of four-dimensional (4D) printing of shape
memory polymers using inkjet printing technology. 4D printing refers to the three …

Textile-based stretchable microstrip antenna with intrinsic strain sensing

F Nikbakhtnasrabadi, H El Matbouly… - ACS Applied …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This paper presents a textile-based stretchable microstrip patch antenna with intrinsic strain
for e-textiles with seamlessly integrated multifunctional devices. Several microstrip antennas …

Continuous-range tunable multilayer frequency-selective surfaces using origami and inkjet printing

SA Nauroze, LS Novelino… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The tremendous increase in the number of components in typical electrical and
communication modules requires low-cost, flexible and multifunctional sensing, energy …

4D printing of smart stimuli-responsive polymers

R Suriano, R Bernasconi, L Magagnin… - Journal of The …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper starts with a short review of smart materials, which can be 4D printed and whose
properties can be modified over time through specific stimuli such as heat, light …

Novel 3D-printed reconfigurable origami frequency selective surfaces with flexible inkjet-printed conductor traces

Y Cui, SA Nauroze, MM Tentzeris - 2019 IEEE MTT-S …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work outlines the first-of-its-kind integration of 3D and inkjet printing additive
manufacturing processes for the realization of tunable origami structures. The outcome of …

A thermally actuated fully inkjet-printed origami-inspired multilayer frequency selective surface with continuous-range tunability using polyester-based substrates

SA Nauroze, MM Tentzeris - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A first-of-its-kind design methodology to realize thermally actuated origami-inspired
multilayer Miura frequency selective surfaces (MLM-FSSs) using a polyester-based …

Linearly polarized reconfigurable reflectarray surface

P Callaghan, P Giannakou, SG King… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A simple, low-cost, linearly polarized reconfigurable reflectarray surface (RAS) is presented
that can provide beam steering over a wide range of angles in one plane. The results for a …

Nanotechnology-empowered flexible printed wireless electronics: A review of various applications of printed materials

A Eid, J Hester, Y Fang, B Tehrani… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the particular importance of nanotechnology-enabled materials associated
with additive manufacturing techniques for the realization of radio-frequency (RF) …

Varactor-tunable four arms star bandstop FSS with a very simple bias circuit

AG Neto, JC e Silva, AG Barboza… - 2019 13th European …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper a varactor-tunable bandstop FSS based on the four arms star geometry is
presented. Besides the resonant frequency tuning, an interesting feature is that practically …