The last time we saw 4D printing, there were magnets involved. We think this is an exciting time where people aren’t just trying to get conventional printing to work well, but are pushing the ...
A Chinese research team has developed a single-step femtosecond laser 4D printing technology that enables rapid and precise micro-scale deformation of smart hydrogels. This innovation, inspired by ...
More information: Mahdi Bodaghi et al, 4D printing roadmap, Smart Materials and Structures (2024). DOI: 10.1088/1361-665X/ad5c22 This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative ...
More information: Jianchen Zheng et al, 4D Printed Butterfly-Inspired Hydrogel Structures: Simple Strategies for Multiform ...