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 …

4D printing materials for vat photopolymerization

A Andreu, PC Su, JH Kim, CS Ng, S Kim, I Kim… - Additive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vat photopolymerization is a widely adopted additive manufacturing process category owing
to its high accuracy and accessibility. These technologies utilize a light source to cure the …

[HTML][HTML] 3D printing of magneto-active smart materials for advanced actuators and soft robotics applications

MY Khalid, ZU Arif, A Tariq, M Hossain, KA Khan… - European Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the contemporary era, novel manufacturing technologies like additive manufacturing (AM)
have revolutionized the different engineering sectors including biomedical, aerospace …

Near-infrared responsive smart superhydrophobic coating with self-healing and robustness enhanced by disulfide-bonded polyurethane

C Li, P Wang, D Zhang, S Wang - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Synergistic self-healing materials and inorganic particles to create self-healing
superhydrophobic surfaces for improving their robustness is a common technique, but the …

Light-controlled triple-shape-memory, high-permittivity dynamic elastomer for wearable multifunctional information encoding devices

H Xuan, Q Guan, H Tan, H Zuo, L Sun, Y Guo… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Self-powered information encoding devices (IEDs) have drawn considerable interest owing
to their capability to process information without batteries. Next-generation IEDs should be …

Smart polymers for microscale machines

L Tan, AC Davis, DJ Cappelleri - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microscale machines are able to perform a number of tasks like micromanipulation, drug‐
delivery, and noninvasive surgery. In particular, microscale polymer machines that can …

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 printing: The development of responsive materials using 3D-printing technology

PE Antezana, S Municoy, G Ostapchuk, PN Catalano… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Additive manufacturing, widely known as 3D printing, has revolutionized the production of
biomaterials. While conventional 3D-printed structures are perceived as static, 4D printing …

Tailor-made functional polyolefins of complex architectures: recent advances, applications, and prospects

Z Balzade, F Sharif, SR Ghaffarian Anbaran - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polyolefins play a crucial role in the polymer industry because of their low-cost monomers
and well-established production processes. Recent years have witnessed tremendous …