Usually, multi-material setups are for printing different colors of the same kind of plastic, it’s possible to use different plastics, but it can be tricky.

The Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Programmable Materials CPM (Fraunhofer CPM, Freiburg, Germany) has developed a 4D printing technology that can alter the shape of predefined, printed polymers when ...

The relationship between printing processes, defects, and electromagnetic properties needs further investigation. Additionally, the preparation of multi-functional integrated EMMs and developing ...

4D printing is nothing more than a digital manufacturing technology, 3D printing, which includes a new dimension: the temporal.

Additionally, the preparation of multi-functional integrated EMMs and developing high-resolution, high-speed, and multi-material 4D printing processes are areas that require continued research.

A Chinese research team has developed a single-step femtosecond laser 4D printing technology that enables rapid and precise micro-scale deformation of smart hydrogels. This innovation, inspired by ...

Have you ever imaged high-resolution 3D structures at the micro/nanoscale that react dynamically to their surroundings? The 4D printing technology is changing the game by using smart materials ...

However, a new study set to be published in ACM Transactions on Graphics examines how the shortcomings of 3D printing can be overcome with the advent of 4D printing, which involves self-folding that ...

While multi-material 3D printers do already exist, the filament that they extrude is typically all one material at any one point in the printing process. A new system produces actual multi ...

Desktop Metal acquires Aerosint, a pioneer in multi-material deposition systems for powder-based additive manufacturing solutions.