A review of 3D printing technologies for soft polymer materials

LY Zhou, J Fu, Y He - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soft polymer materials, which are similar to human tissues, have played critical roles in
modern interdisciplinary research. Compared with conventional methods, 3D printing allows …

A review of 3D printing processes and materials for soft robotics

YL Yap, SL Sing, WY Yeong - Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Soft robotics is currently a rapidly growing new field of robotics whereby the robots
are fundamentally soft and elastically deformable. Fabrication of soft robots is currently …

3D printing for soft robotics–a review

JZ Gul, M Sajid, MM Rehman, GU Siddiqui… - … and technology of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Soft robots have received an increasing attention due to their advantages of high flexibility
and safety for human operators but the fabrication is a challenge. Recently, 3D printing has …

[HTML][HTML] Review of polymeric materials in 4D printing biomedical applications

MY Shie, YF Shen, SD Astuti, AKX Lee, SH Lin… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The purpose of 4D printing is to embed a product design into a deformable smart material
using a traditional 3D printer. The 3D printed object can be assembled or transformed into …

3D printing of smart materials: A review on recent progresses in 4D printing

ZX Khoo, JEM Teoh, Y Liu, CK Chua… - Virtual and Physical …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Additive manufacturing (AM), commonly known as three-dimensional (3D) printing or rapid
prototyping, has been introduced since the late 1980s. Although a considerable amount of …

Functional polymers and nanocomposites for 3D printing of smart structures and devices

M Nadgorny, A Ameli - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2018 - ACS Publications
Three-dimensional printing (3DP) has attracted a considerable amount of attention during
the past years, being globally recognized as one of the most promising and revolutionary …

Freeform 3D printing of soft matters: recent advances in technology for biomedical engineering

S Chen, WS Tan, MA Bin Juhari, Q Shi… - Biomedical Engineering …, 2020 - Springer
In the last decade, an emerging three-dimensional (3D) printing technique named freeform
3D printing has revolutionized the biomedical engineering field by allowing soft matters with …

[HTML][HTML] Advancements and limitations in 3D printing materials and technologies: a critical review

SF Iftekar, A Aabid, A Amir, M Baig - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
3D printing has revolutionized various industries by enabling the production of complex
designs and shapes. Recently, the potential of new materials in 3D printing has led to an …

4D printing of polymers: Techniques, materials, and prospects

P Fu, H Li, J Gong, Z Fan, AT Smith, K Shen… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the concept of four-dimensional (4D) printing first emerged from additive
manufacturing technologies in 2013, there has been growing interest from researchers …

3D printing gets a boost and opportunities with polymer materials

M Hofmann - 2014 - ACS Publications
3D printing has recently gained much attention from media and the scientific community,
touted as a replacement for traditional manufacturing and a potential to change the way we …