Additive manufacturing has attracted much attention in the last decade as a principal
growing sector of complex manufacturing. Precise layer-by-layer patterning of materials …

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as additive manufacturing, permits the fabrication
of fully customized objects with a high level of geometrical complexity at reduced fabrication …

Soft robots are capable of mimicking the complex motion of animals. Soft robotic systems are
defined by their compliance, which allows for continuous and often responsive localized …

3D bioprinting has been developed to effectively and rapidly pattern living cells and
biomaterials, aiming to create complex bioconstructs. However, placing biocompatible …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) represent a highly interesting class of materials. As one
representative of the intelligent polymeric systems, these materials gained significant …

In a variety of industries, Additive Manufacturing has revolutionized the whole design–
fabrication cycle. Traditional 3D printing is typically employed to produce static components …

The creation of reversibly-actuating components that alter their shapes in a controllable
manner in response to environmental stimuli is a grand challenge in active materials …

Developing soft actuators and sensors by means of 3D printing has become an exciting
research area. Compared to conventional methods, 3D printing enables rapid prototyping …

Structures capable of reversible shape changes directly after 3D printing are highly
desirable for myriad of applications ranging from soft robotics to implantable medical …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are capable of changing their shapes in a pre-defined
manner under a stimulus, and have gained considerable interest in the past decades …