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To keep everyone in the 4D Printing Society up to date, we constantly look for the latest articles and publications that have interest. When we find them, we will provide access to them for our members.
This will include links to external articles with an extract to identify the subject matter and articles published here by members of the 4D Printing Society.

Multi-Color 3D Printing via Single-Vat Grayscale Digital Light Processing
Digital Light Processing (DLP) is a high-resolution, high-speed additive manufacturing method that builds 3D parts by selectively curing photopolymerizable resins layer-by-layer. To achieve multi-color DLP
1.5 Million Euros ERC Starting Grant 2021 to Dr. Giulia Scalet
Dr. Giulia Scalet, a member of the 4D Printing Society’s Senior Board of Directors, was awarded a 1.5 million euro Starting Grant by the European Research Council for her project CoDe4Bio (COmputational DEsign for 4D BIOfabrication: harnessing programmable materials for dynamic pre-clinical cancer models).

The Vicious Side of 4D Printing: Physical Logic Bombs and Mitigation Strategies
4D printing, thus far, has shown useful applications in domains such as aerospace, automotive, and medical. In recent work, a novel class of stealthy attacks

Machine learning-evolutionary algorithm enabled design for 4D-printed active composite structures
4D printing technology allows for complex material distributions in voxelized structures, offering enormous design flexibility for shape-transforming materials. However, the tremendous design space due to

Composite springs and stiffeners made using 4D printing
The concept of 4D printing is used in recent works by Suong Van Hoa, to develop complex composite springs and stiffeners without the need for

Material characterization and precise finite element analysis of fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites for 4D printing
A collaborative effort of researchers between Morphing Matter Lab and Computational Bio-Modeling Lab at Carnegie Mellon University propound a composite structure design made of two materials

4D printed programmable and selective light-activated shape-memory structures with embedded gold nanoparticles
This recent featured work proposes a novel for fabricating programmable 4D printed objects composed of shape memory polymers that are activated by light.

4D gastroretentive drug delivery systems
This recent featured work proposes an integrated experimental/computational approach for the design of 4D shape memory drug delivery systems.

4D-printed hygromorph composite based on natural fibres
This recent featured work evaluates the potential of tailoring 4D printing to Hygromorph BioComposite (HBC)

4D printing classroom in modern interactive learning environments
Recent featured publication: “4D Printing Classroom in Modern Learning Environments”, stay tuned!