Materials for smart soft actuator systems

I Apsite, S Salehi, L Ionov - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In contrast to conventional hard actuators, soft actuators offer many vivid advantages, such
as improved flexibility, adaptability, and reconfigurability, which are intrinsic to living …

Additive manufacturing of smart polymeric composites: Literature review and future perspectives

H Ikram, A Al Rashid, M Koç - Polymer Composites, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The latest developments in smart systems for improved human lives with advanced
biomedical devices have evolved out of multi‐disciplinary scientific studies, including …

Recent advances of polymer-based piezoelectric composites for biomedical applications

F Mokhtari, B Azimi, M Salehi, S Hashemikia… - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, electronics have become central to many aspects of biomedicine
and wearable device technologies as a promising personalized healthcare platform. Lead …

A review on four-dimensional (4D) bioprinting in pursuit of advanced tissue engineering applications

ZU Arif, MY Khalid, W Ahmed, H Arshad - Bioprinting, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioactive materials developed through three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting technology
exhibit static nature and don't respond to the dynamic changes occurred in the human body …

Four-dimensional printing and shape memory materials in bone tissue engineering

X Zhang, Y Yang, Z Yang, R Ma, M Aimaijiang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The repair of severe bone defects is still a formidable clinical challenge, requiring the
implantation of bone grafts or bone substitute materials. The development of three …

4D bioprinting of tissues and organs

S Amukarimi, M Mozafari - Bioprinting, 2021 - Elsevier
Progress in materials science has developed the boundaries of additive manufacturing (AM)
technology by offering a breathtaking forum for interdisciplinary research in medical science …

Stimuli-responsive biomaterials: smart avenue toward 4D bioprinting

M Rahimnejad, S Jahangiri… - Critical reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract 3D bioprinting is an advanced technology combining cells and bioactive molecules
within a single bioscaffold; however, this scaffold cannot change, modify or grow in response …

Advances in Wearable Piezoelectric Sensors for Hazardous Workplace Environments

F Mokhtari, Z Cheng, CH Wang… - Global Challenges, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in wearable energy harvesting technology as solutions to occupational
health and safety programs are presented. Workers are often exposed to harmful conditions …

[HTML][HTML] 4D printing applications in the development of smart cardiovascular implants

F Kabirian, P Mela, R Heying - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although the development of 3D printing technology increased the reproducibility and
accuracy of scaffold's fabrication, 3D printed scaffolds can still be further improved to …

The synergistic role of additive manufacturing and artificial intelligence for the design of new advanced intelligent systems

M Milazzo, F Libonati - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intelligent materials and devices are considered the key to fulfill the strict and challenging
requirements given by a large set of applications in numerous fields. The synergistic …