Elastically and Plastically Foldable Electrothermal Micro‐Origami for Controllable and Rapid Shape Morphing
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202003741
Abstract: Integrating origami principles within traditional microfabrication methods can produce shape morphing microscale metamaterials and 3D systems with complex geometries and programmable mechanical properties. However, available micro‐origami systems usually have slow folding speeds, provide few active… read more here.
Keywords: micro origami; geometry; shape morphing;
4D Printed Programmable Shape-morphing Hydrogels as Intraoperative Self-folding Nerve Conduits for Sutureless Neurorrhaphy.
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DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202300701
Abstract: There only a few reports of implantable 4D printed biomaterials, most of which exhibit slow deformations rendering them unsuitable for in situ surgical deployment. In this study, a hydrogel system was engineered with defined swelling… read more here.
Keywords: printed programmable; nerve; programmable shape; morphing hydrogels ... See more keywords
Harnessing Photochemical Shrinkage in Direct Laser Writing for Shape Morphing of Polymer Sheets.
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.201703024
Abstract: Structures that change their shape in response to external stimuli unfold possibilities for more efficient and versatile production of 3D objects. Direct laser writing (DLW) is a technique based on two-photon polymerization that allows the… read more here.
Keywords: shape; shape morphing; laser writing; direct laser ... See more keywords
4D Biofabrication Using Shape-Morphing Hydrogels.
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.201703443
Abstract: Despite the tremendous potential of bioprinting techniques toward the fabrication of highly complex biological structures and the flourishing progress in 3D bioprinting, the most critical challenge of the current approaches is the printing of hollow… read more here.
Keywords: biofabrication using; morphing hydrogels; shape morphing; biofabrication ... See more keywords
Light-Driven Shape Morphing, Assembly, and Motion of Nanocomposite Gel Surfers.
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.201900932
Abstract: Patterning of nanoparticles (NPs) via photochemical reduction within thermally responsive hydrogel films is demonstrated as a versatile platform for programming light-driven shape morphing and materials assembly. Responsive hydrogel disks, containing patterned metal NPs, form characteristic… read more here.
Keywords: motion; hydrogel; shape; shape morphing ... See more keywords
Blueprinting Photothermal Shape-Morphing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers.
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.202000609
Abstract: Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are an attractive platform for dynamic shape-morphing due to their ability to rapidly undergo large deformations. While recent work has focused on patterning the director orientation field to achieve desired target… read more here.
Keywords: shape; shape morphing; blueprinting photothermal; liquid crystal ... See more keywords
Shape Morphing Directed by Spatially Encoded, Dually Responsive Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Micro‐Actuators
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DOI: 10.1002/adma.202208613
Abstract: Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) with intrinsic molecular anisotropy can be programmed to morph shapes under external stimuli. However, it is difficult to program the position and orientation of individual mesogenic units separately and locally, whether… read more here.
Keywords: micro actuators; micro; dually responsive; shape morphing ... See more keywords
Light-Induced Shape Morphing of Liquid Metal Nanodroplets Enabled by Polydopamine Coating.
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DOI: 10.1002/smll.201804838
Abstract: Shape morphing nanosystems have recently attracted much attention and a number of applications are developed, spanning from autonomous robotics to drug delivery. However, the fabrication of such nanosystems remains at an early stage owing to… read more here.
Keywords: liquid metal; shape; light induced; shape morphing ... See more keywords
Rapid and Multimaterial 4D Printing of Shape-Morphing Micromachines for Narrow Micronetworks Traversing.
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DOI: 10.1002/smll.202202272
Abstract: Micromachines with high environmental adaptability have the potential to deliver targeted drugs in complex biological networks, such as digestive, neural, and vascular networks. However, the low processing efficiency and single processing material of current 4D… read more here.
Keywords: printing; narrow micronetworks; micronetworks traversing; morphing micromachines ... See more keywords
Recent advances in tough and self-healing nanocomposite hydrogels for shape morphing and soft actuators
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.109448
Abstract: Abstract This review article accounts most recent progresses on tough, stretchable and self-healing nanocomposite hydrogels and potential applications. Nanoparticles including silica spheres, clay nanorods, nanotubes, nanosheets, and graphene and derivatives have been used to adsorb… read more here.
Keywords: soft actuators; nanocomposite hydrogels; hydrogels shape; healing nanocomposite ... See more keywords
Functional Shape-Morphing Microarchitectures Fabricated by Dynamic Holographically Shifted Femtosecond Multifoci.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01178
Abstract: Functional microdevices based on responsive hydrogel show great promise in targeted delivery and biomedical analysis. Among state-of-the-art techniques for manufacturing hydrogel-based microarchitectures, femtosecond laser two-photon polymerization distinguishes itself by high designability and precision, but the… read more here.
Keywords: femtosecond; functional shape; microarchitectures fabricated; shape morphing ... See more keywords