About
The 4D Printing Society is a platform focused on available 4D printing technologies for practical solutions for existing needs and researching future methods and materials for use with these technologies.
To clarify: 4D printing is using computerized printing technologies to 3D print objects using specialist materials that change shape, properties, and functions in time when exposed to a specific stimulus.
To work correctly, 4D printed objects need to have a calculated geometry design for a specific stimulus condition, so that the geometry changes can be controlled through the application of the stimulus.
This technical committee will welcome and bring together scientists and engineers from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, and will offer a forum for discussion, exploration, promotion, and commercialization of 4D-printed designs and products.
News
Knowledge Mapping of 4D Printing Technologies in Computer Engineering
With the aim of a scientometric review, a group of researchers from India recognizes the recent research hotspots, trends, and
4D Printed Multifunctional Composites with Cooling-Rate Mediated Tunable Shape Morphing
Smart materials including liquid crystal elastomers (LCE) and shape memory polymers (SMP) have long been used as the primary components
What Measurement Setup is Required for SMP Characterizations in 4D Printing?
Rytis Mitkus and his team from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, demonstrated the 4D printing of conductive PLA (CPLA)
Events
4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing Conference 2022
Event Links Welcome Conference Schedule The first international 4D Materials Design and Additive Manufacturing 2022 (4DMDA 2022) Conference is organized by the 4D Printing Society.
4D Printing International Summer School
Join 4D Printing Society this time at a free International Summer School organized by University of Brescia, Italy, “New Advances in Materials for Additive Manufacturing”
Call for Papers for a Special Issue on New Trends in 4D Printing
So-called four-dimensional (4D) printing synergistically combines the advantages of additive manufacturing with the unique capabilities of functional materials to fabricate objects that have complex shapes
FROM 3D-2-4D PRINTING
Join the 4D Printing Society this time at one of Europe’s oldest universities, University of Coimbra, Portugal, in a free webinar, “FROM 3D-2-4D PRINTING” organized
International Conference on Additive Manufacturing for a Better World
Please join 4D Printing Society’s directors as invited speakers and international scientific committee in International Conference on Additive Manufacturing for a Better World | Designing
The 4D Printing Society is Content Partner of the 4D Printing & Meta Materials Conference
We are at the edge of a new episode, where technological breakthroughs allow us to create, investigate and dream of a totally new range of