Shaping the future: latest developments in 3D printing stimuli-responsive soft polymers

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00170-025-15095-9" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00170-025-15095-9</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-025-15095-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00170-025-15095-9</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Shaping the future: latest developments in 3D printing stimuli-responsive soft polymers

Original language description

Stimuli-responsive polymers (SRPs) are a distinct type of soft material frequently employed in the development of flexible actuators, soft robots, wearable devices, sensors, selfexpanding structures, and medical equipment. Their appeal lies in their capacity to change shape and function in response to external stimuli such as light, humidity, temperature, pH levels, electric fields, solvents, magnetic fields, or a combination of these. There has been growing interest in the additive manufacturing (AM) of SRPs, often called 4D printing, due to its ability to create intricate, custom, and innovative structures that can undergo various morphological transformations like twisting, stretching, swelling, rolling, shrinking, bending, and spiraling. This article aims to illuminate various AM techniques, types of SRPs, and their applications in fields like tissue engineering, soft robotics, bionics, actuators, sensors, construction, and smart textiles. Additionally, it addresses current challenges and future opportunities, providing a foundational understanding for applying this technology in different engineering disciplines. The integration of 3D printing with SRPs is anticipated to bring significant advantages in numerous engineering fields. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2025.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20301 - Mechanical engineering

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

The international journal of advanced manufacturing technology

ISSN

0268-3768

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

136

Issue of the periodical within the volume

10

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

23

Pages from-to

4215-4237

UT code for WoS article

001411735600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85219086350