Rutgers engineers’ unique smart materials change shape as temperatures change Rutgers University–New Brunswick engineers have created flexible, lightweight materials with 4D printing that co... Read more
A research team at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has achieved a ground-breaking advancement in materials research by successfully developing the world’s first-ever 4D printing f... Read more
From moon landings to mobile phones, many of the farfetched visions of science fiction have transformed into reality. In the latest example of this trend, scientists report that they have de... Read more
Researchers develop mathematical techniques for designing shape-shifting shells Nature has a way of making complex shapes from a set of simple growth rules. The curve of a petal, the swoop o... Read more
Materials science and mathematics combine to enable the printing of shapeshifting architectures that mimic the natural movements of plants A team of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biol... Read more
Combining photo-responsive fibers with thermo-responsive gels, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering and Clemson University have modeled a new hyb... Read more
Using components made from smart shape-memory materials with slightly different responses to heat, researchers have demonstrated a four-dimensional printing technology that allowed creation... Read more
Four-dimensional printing is unfolding as technology that takes 3D printing to an entirely new level The fourth dimension is time, shape shifting in fact, and the ARC Centre of Excellence fo... Read more
Once we can control any material—from metal to wood to plastic—static objects will become a thing of the past. Plants moving toward the sun, proteins folding into complex structures in respo... Read more
Pitt-led research team receives U.S. Army Research Office grant to develop 4D printing of adaptive materials Imagine an automobile coating that changes its structure to adapt to a humid envi... Read more
Just imagine buying some flat-pack furniture, bringing it home and enjoying a coffee whilst you watch it assemble itself Molecular self-assembly, whereby molecules position themselves into d... Read more
