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Material Driven Adaptive Design Model for Environmentally-Responsive Envelopes
ThisEnvironmentally responsive architecture chapterMaterial Driven Adaptive Design discusses material-driven adaptive design (MDAD) as an emerging...
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Near-infrared responsive shape memory hydrogels with programmable and complex shape-morphing
In this work, semi-crystalline nanocomposite hydrogels (i.e., PAAmA 11 A/GO gels) were synthesized by micellar copolymerization of acrylamide and N -acry...
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Stimuli-responsive polymer-based bioinspired soft robots
Soft robotics enables various applications in certain environments where conventional rigid robotics cannot deliver the same performance due to their...
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4D Printing of Stimuli-Responsive Materials
Four-dimensional (4D) printing, an innovative extension of three-dimensional (3D) printing, is defined as the additive manufacturing technology of...
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Tribological behavior of shape memory cyanate ester materials and their tunable friction mechanism
High-performance polymer friction materials with tunable tribological behavior to fit varied work conditions remain a challenge of widespread...
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Shape Optimization of Structures Considering Varying Geometrical and Material Parameters
A new approach based on fuzzy controlled integrated zero-order technique aimed toward finding the optimized shape of precast structural parts is...
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4D Soft Material Systems
This work introduces multi-material liquid printing as an enabling technology for designing programmed shape-shifting silicones. The goal of this...
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On demand bidirectional shape transformations and novel chiral actuators of photomediated shape memory polymer film based on photothermal OEGy-W18O49 nanowires
The spatially controllable shape-shifting behaviors of a planar two-dimensional (2D) film to three-dimensional (3D) shapes upon external stimuli are...
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Analysis of Copper Reinforcement Effect on Epoxy-Based Shape Memory Polymer for Smart Actuators
With the advancement of technology, more and more research works are undergoing for the development of advanced materials. Recently, material...
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Thermally Responsive Building Envelopes from Materials to Engineering
As the interface mediates between the interior space and outdoor environment, building envelope plays a crucial role in determining building systems’...
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Hexagonal Responsive Facade Prototype in Responding Sunlight
This paper discusses an architectural responsive façade system using hexagonal parametric forms and kinetic mechanism which responds sunlight. Its...
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Cold programming of ordered porous PETG 4D printed by material extrusion
In this paper, Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol (PETG) has been used as a novel thermoplastic thermo-responsive Shape Memory Polymer (SMP) with...
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Multiple relaxation mechanism-based thermo-mechanical constitutive model describing cyclic shape memory effect of shape memory polyurethane
As an inherent property of the shape memory polymers (SMPs), relaxation plays a crucial role in their mechanical deformation and shape memory effect...
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Bioinspired 4D Printing Shape-Memory Polyurethane Rhinoplasty Prosthesis for Dynamic Aesthetic Adjustment
The disparity between the postoperative outcomes of rhinoplasty and the expected results frequently necessitates secondary or multiple surgeries as a...
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Smart Materials Moisture-Responsive Use in 4D Printing
4D printing is a revolutionary modern manufacturing technique that will have a significant impact in many fields. This technique uses 3D printing to...
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Sustainable 4D printing of magneto-electroactive shape memory polymer composites
Typical techniques for creating synthetic morphing structures suffer from a compromise between quick shape change and geometric complexity. A novel...
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Sensitivity of process signals to deviations in material distribution and material properties of hybrid workpieces
Hybrid components, made of multiple materials, can meet the increasing demands for lightweight construction and functional integration in the...
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Responsive Architecture as a Synthetic Field in Architecture and Construction
This paper reviews responsive architecture, a dynamically develo** aspect of design and construction, encompassing fundamental engineering and...
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Fiber- and Fabric-Reinforced Shape-Memory Polymers
Fabrics have broad scope of pertinence in our day-to-day life. A shape-memory polymer survives the new sort of keen materials, exhibits the network...
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Advances in 4D printed shape memory composites and structures: Actuation and application
Shape memory polymer composites (SMPCs) are a type of smart material that can change shapes under the stimulation of the external environment, and...