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24/08/201503/01/2017

New 2-D Materials Similar to Graphene Are Now Available, Research from University of Manchester Shows

Dozens of new 2-D materials similar to graphene are now available, thanks to research from Univ. of Manchester scientists. These 2-D crystals are capable of delivering designer materials with revolutionary new properties. The problem has been that the vast majority of these atomically thin 2-D crystals are unstable in air, so react and decompose before their properties can be determined and their potential applications investigated. Continue reading “New 2-D Materials Similar to Graphene Are Now Available, Research from University of Manchester Shows”

24/08/201503/01/2017

“3D Printing of Inflatable Elastomeric Tensegrity Structures”, Presented by Fergal Coulter, Nottingham Trent University

“3D Printing of Inflatable Elastomeric Tensegrity Structures”, Presented by Fergal Coulter, Nottingham Trent University.This talk details the design of an additive manufacturing system for Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (artificial muscles), with uses in soft robotic and medical applications. Continue reading ““3D Printing of Inflatable Elastomeric Tensegrity Structures”, Presented by Fergal Coulter, Nottingham Trent University”

13/08/201503/01/2017

Dr. Jo Geraedts, Delft University of Technology, Presents: “4D Printing: Integrated Properties and Mechatronic Elements in Products”

Dr Jo Geraedts, Delft University of Technology, Presents: “4D Printing: Integrated Properties and Mechatronic Elements in Products”

4D Printing is the designing and manufacturing of new material properties on micro level resulting in appearance properties and functionalities on macro level. Continue reading “Dr. Jo Geraedts, Delft University of Technology, Presents: “4D Printing: Integrated Properties and Mechatronic Elements in Products””

10/08/2015

3D Printing Adds Time, Fourth Dimension

Designing and printing a device to change over time—4D printing—helped the University of Michigan’s CS Mott Children’s Hospital save three very young lives. Born with tracheobronchimalacia (TBM), which causes the windpipe to collapse and prevent breathing, all three faced what could have been a short, difficult life. Continue reading “3D Printing Adds Time, Fourth Dimension”

16/06/2015

3D printing is going out of style: We are onto 4D now!

4D printing is unfolding as a technology that takes 3D printing to an entirely new level. Scientists at the University of Wollongong in Australia have created a hydrogel material that is compatible with a 3D printer that is able to change shape in response to water temperature. Continue reading “3D printing is going out of style: We are onto 4D now!”

08/06/2015

New “4D-printing” material can change shape in hot water

Researchers have created a 3D printer-compatible hydrogel that is mechanically tough and able to repeatedly change shape in response to water temperature. The scientists have demonstrated the technology by 3D-printing an autonomous water valve, …. Continue reading “New “4D-printing” material can change shape in hot water”

29/04/2015

New Techniques To Advance ‘4D Printing’

Scientists in Australia have said they are starting to develop techniques for 4D printing after having devised an autonomous valve. Just as we’ve become accustomed with the process of 3D printing and its uses, researchers at the ARC Centre for Electromaterials Science (ACES) have started to develop 3D printed materials … Continue reading “New Techniques To Advance ‘4D Printing’”

09/04/2015

Launch of the Brightlands Materials Center

TNO and the Province of Limburg have opened a new international research and development center to further untap the potential of polymeric materials at Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands. Partners will invest 45 million euros in the new center over a period of five years. Continue reading “Launch of the Brightlands Materials Center”