[HTML][HTML] From static to dynamic: Smart materials pioneering additive manufacturing in regenerative medicine

A Kantaros, T Ganetsos - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The emerging field of regenerative medicine holds immense promise for addressing
complex tissue and organ regeneration challenges. Central to its advancement is the …

A decade of melt electrowriting

KL O'Neill, PD Dalton - Small Methods, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, melt electrowriting (MEW) has established the fundamental
understanding of processing (and printer) requirements. Iterative work on parametric …

Reprogrammable 4D Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Photoactuators by Means of Light‐Reversible Perylene Diimide Radicals

L Montesino, JI Martínez… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reconfigurable soft actuators can be programmed to morph into different 3D shapes under
the same stimulus exhibiting great potential for adaptive robotic functionalities. Liquid …

[HTML][HTML] MEWron: An open-source melt electrowriting platform

A Reizabal, T Kangur, PG Saiz, S Menke, C Moser… - Additive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Melt electrowriting (MEW) is a distinct class of additive manufacturing technologies that
generates fibrous and porous macrostructures with microscale resolution from an electrically …

Fiber Actuators Based on Reversible Thermal Responsive Liquid Crystal Elastomer

X Tian, Y Guo, J Zhang, OM Ivasishin, J Jia, J Yan - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Soft actuators inspired by the movement of organisms have attracted extensive attention in
the fields of soft robotics, electronic skin, artificial intelligence, and healthcare due to their …

Materials and Strategies to Enhance Melt Electrowriting Potential

PG Saiz, A Reizabal, JL Vilas‐Vilela… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Melt electrowriting (MEW) is an emerging additive manufacturing (AM) technology that
enables the precise deposition of continuous polymeric microfibers, allowing for the creation …

Free-form liquid crystal elastomers via embedded 4D printing

L McDougall, J Herman, E Huntley… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are a class of active materials that can generate rapid,
reversible mechanical actuation in response to external stimuli. Fabrication methods for …

[HTML][HTML] Smart implants: 4D-printed shape-morphing scaffolds for medical implantation

G Qu, J Huang, G Gu, Z Li, X Wu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Biomedical implants have recently shown excellent application potential in tissue repair and
replacement. Applying three-dimensional (3D) printing to implant scaffold fabrication can …

High Thermal Conductive Liquid Crystal Elastomer Nanofibers

J Wang, Y Wen, D Pan, S Lin, A Chinnappan, Q He… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), consisting of polymer networks and liquid crystal
mesogens, show a reversible phase change under thermal stimuli. However, the kinetic …

Shape programming of liquid crystal elastomers

A Rešetič - Communications Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are shape-morphing materials that demonstrate reversible
actuation when exposed to external stimuli, such as light or heat. The actuation's complexity …