In recent years, there has been rising interest in additively manufactured shape memory
polymers (SMPs) and their multi-functional composites. Four-dimensional (4D) printing is an …

Abstract 4D printing refers to single-material or multi-material printing of a device or object
that can be transformed from a 1D strand into pre-programed 3D shape, from a 2D surface …

Leaves have developed various functional structures to enhance plant survival, making
them the most typical bionic prototypes. Bionic research inspired by plant leaves has yielded …

Recent advances in additive manufacturing (AM), commonly known as three-dimensional
(3D)-printing, have allowed researchers to create complex shapes previously impossible …

3D printing is a rapidly growing research area, which significantly contributes to major
innovations in various fields of engineering, science, and medicine. Although the scientific …

Soft robotics is a recent and rapidly growing field of research that encompasses emerging
advances in functional materials, fabrication, modelling, and performance control with …

The idea of 3D printing ever since 1980's has agitated the research domains challenging the
conventional techniques with its inordinate efficiency in the utility of material, superior …

Abstract 4D printing was initially defined as multi-material 3D printing that can produce pre-
programmed shape changes under external stimuli over time. Thus extensive research …

The desideration to expedite sophisticated intelligence and to have an interdisciplinary
accession of new forms of complexities lead to the inauguration of a modern additive …

Sensors are of great importance in different aspects of research and industry. Future sensors
will require high‐efficient and low‐cost manufacturing, as well as high‐performance …