4D Printing of a Digital Shape Memory Polymer with Tunable High Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (35) ◽  
pp. 32408-32413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Limei Huang ◽  
Huijie Song ◽  
Chujun Ni ◽  
Jingjun Wu ◽  
...  
2017 ◽  
Vol 126 ◽  
pp. 219-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Ying Clarrisa Choong ◽  
Saeed Maleksaeedi ◽  
Hengky Eng ◽  
Jun Wei ◽  
Pei-Chen Su

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Zhang ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Hongtao Wang ◽  
John You En Chan ◽  
Hailong Liu ◽  
...  

AbstractFour-dimensional (4D) printing of shape memory polymer (SMP) imparts time responsive properties to 3D structures. Here, we explore 4D printing of a SMP in the submicron length scale, extending its applications to nanophononics. We report a new SMP photoresist based on Vero Clear achieving print features at a resolution of ~300 nm half pitch using two-photon polymerization lithography (TPL). Prints consisting of grids with size-tunable multi-colours enabled the study of shape memory effects to achieve large visual shifts through nanoscale structure deformation. As the nanostructures are flattened, the colours and printed information become invisible. Remarkably, the shape memory effect recovers the original surface morphology of the nanostructures along with its structural colour within seconds of heating above its glass transition temperature. The high-resolution printing and excellent reversibility in both microtopography and optical properties promises a platform for temperature-sensitive labels, information hiding for anti-counterfeiting, and tunable photonic devices.


Author(s):  
Yixiong Feng ◽  
Siyuan Zeng ◽  
Yicong Gao ◽  
Hao Zheng ◽  
Hao Qiu ◽  
...  

Abstract In the traditional 4D printing method using Shape Memory Polymer (SMP), the design process and preparation of 4d printing are complex. In this research, we proposed a design method of a temperature-driven SMP smart structure and made Realization. This smart structure also a bilayer structure use an SMP material in one printing process to realize the deformation in 4D printing. The design of the smart structure is mainly realized by parameter allocation in the printing process, such as print line width, print line height, print temperature, simulation temperature, and fill the form in Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM). Through experimental determination and analysis of statics and thermodynamics, our method fitting out the model relationship between process parameters and the curvature and strain of smart structure. This bilayer smart structure widely applied to the self-folding. In the example stage, this paper mainly uses PLA as an SMP material for the preparation of structure. Observing that the motion behaviors of the smart structure conformed to the model measured in this paper, the average accuracy of the strategy reaches 95%.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 1244-1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Yang ◽  
Manish Boorugu ◽  
Andrew Dopp ◽  
Jie Ren ◽  
Raymond Martin ◽  
...  

Digital 3D printing with a shape memory polymer is utilized to create mechanical metamaterials exhibiting dramatic and reversible changes in stiffness, geometry, and functions.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1127-1136 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Fan ◽  
G. Li

Polymeric artificial muscle by twist insertion in precursor fiber is a recent discovery. This study shows that chemically cross-linked two-way shape memory polymer muscles have remarkable and tunable axial actuation with lower actuation temperature.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 105305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wubin Shan ◽  
Yifan Chen ◽  
Mo Hu ◽  
Shigang Qin ◽  
Peng Liu

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