4D medical image analysis: a systematic study on applications, challenges, and future research directions 4 dimensional (4D) medical imaging symbolizes the next step in imaging. This advanced imaging method makes image analysis much faster and more accurat…

4D medical image analysis: a systematic study on applications, challenges, & future research directions

#4Dobject medical refers to two cutting-edge areas in healthcare where the fourth dimension—time—is added to 3D data: 4D Medical Imaging and #4DPrinting
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Climate-responsive Wood/PLA Composite in 4D Printing

📈 Accurate 2D model forecasts moisture-induced deformation
📊 3D scans validate model
➖ Deviation under 6.5%

#BioResJournal #OpenAccess #4DPrinting #FusedLayerModeling #SMPs #Science #Pub2Post buff.ly/I4b2yRQ

Move Over 3D: This 4D-Printed Stent Shifts Shape Over Time Researchers in Japan and China report a shape-memory vascular stent that deploys without balloon inflation, a step toward gentler, customizable artery repair.

Spacetime meets 3D printing. This 4D-printing advance means a customized 3D-printed coronary stent can change form with time and temperature for a better fit. See japanresearchreport.substack.com/p/move-over-.... #4DPrinting #MedicalDevices #Cardiology #BiomedicalEngineering #JapanResearchReport

Stimulus-responsive gradient hydrogel micro-actuators fabricated by two-photon polymerization-based 4D printing

A gradient 2PP-based #4Dprinting strategy tailors hydrogel crosslinking to create multilayer #microactuators with greater bending, faster response cycles, and enhanced performance, enabling advances in #softrobotics and #microfluidics.
Nanotechnology Reviews: doi.org/10.1515/ntre...

Two-photon polymerization-based 4D printing and its applications

This review explores TPP-based #4DPrinting, highlighting principles, advances, #SmartMaterials, and applications from #biomedical #microrobots to transformable devices and anti-counterfeiting, while noting challenges and future prospects.

#OpenAccess #IJEM: doi.org/10.1088/2631...

Direct 4D printing of functionally graded hydrogel networks for biodegradable, untethered, and multimorphic soft robots

This study presents a #4DPrinting approach for functionally graded materials, enabling untethered, multi-stimuli-responsive soft robots with 96.6% #Biodegradability for sustainable and intelligent #AdditiveManufacturing.
#IJEM #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1088/2631...

This review presents #4DPrinting polymers from a mechanism-manufacturing view, highlighting #SmartMaterial design, volumetric #AdditiveManufacturing, #biomedical applications, and challenges in developing intelligent, multifunctional printed systems.

#IJEM: doi.org/10.1088/2631...

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🚀 New publication!
Dr. Sandeep Olhan’s paper in Composite Structures reviews advances in 4D printing of smart composites—materials that adapt when activated by heat or light.
Collab with Dr. Bindu Antil, Prof. Pere Maimí & Prof. B.K. Behera.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
#4DPrinting #SmartMaterials

Medicine Starts to Shape-Shift 🧬
Smart, shape-shifting biomaterials are set to transform drug delivery and tissue engineering.

#Engineering #Science #Research #healthcare #bioprinting #4dprinting

Scientists develop multi-responsive gradient #metamaterials via #4Dprinting, enabling programmable stiffness, and #Logicelectronics—advancing intelligent information carriers and flexible #robotic systems with #IntegratedSensing.

#OpenAccess in #IJEM: doi.org/10.1088/2631...

A novel #4DPrinting technique that leverages adjustable gas pressure as the deformation agent for engineered #MultiMaterial structures enables the spontaneous formation of diverse shapes and distinct bending configurations.

#IJEM #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1088/2631...

This review examines plant-, animal-, and microbe-based biomass in #4Dprinting, highlighting deformation mechanisms, #biofabrication roles, and uses in #biomedicine, #foodprinting, and more. #Fabrication #MaterialsScience

#OpenAccess in #IJEM: doi.org/10.1088/2631...

3D printer printing chocolate

Discover how 4D printed food is revolutionising the future of dining experiences, with its potential to reshape textures and nutritional delivery. Explore the critical role of texture analysis in advancing this cutting-edge technology. #4DPrinting bit.ly/4730MFo

🚨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🚨

💡 Stimuli-responsive hybrid materials for 4D in vitro tissue models

📄 Materials Today Bio 2025

👉 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.102035

#bioprinting #4Dprinting

A comprehensive approach for the production of carbon fibre-reinforced polylactic acid filaments with enhanced wear and mechanical behaviour Precise control of filament parameters, including material composition and printing orientation, enables the alignment of carbon fibres (CFs) in a single orientation in additive manufacturing…

Precise control of #filament composition and #printing orientation enables aligned #CarbonFibers in PLA composites, where 0° orientation enhances performance, achieving ~75% higher strength and advancing #4DPrinting applications.

#OpenAccess in e-Polymers:

Uniting 4D Printing and Melt Electrowriting for the Enhancement of Regenerative Small Diameter Vascular Grafts A hybrid 4D printing strategy enables the fabrication of shape-morphing, mechanically reinforced tubular constructs for vascular tissue engineering. By combining alginate-methylcellulose hydrogels wi....

🚀 New publication! We present a hybrid 4D printing + MEW approach for small-diameter vascular scaffolds: robust, suturable & cell-instructive. A step toward shape-morphing grafts.

#TissueEngineering #4DPrinting #Biofabrication

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4D printed hydrogels for precision delivery of bioactive molecules in cancer Cancer remains a global challenge, driving the need for improved therapies and delivery systems. The customizable and controllable nature of 4D-printed, stimuli-responsive hydrogels underscores the...

🧪 #Paper: “4D printed hydrogels for precision delivery of bioactive molecules in cancer”
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

🥼 Authors: Uxía Gato-Díaz, Angel Concheiro, Carmen Álvarez Lorenzo & Bárbara Blanco Fernández.

#4DPrinting #DrugDelivery #SmartMaterials

Researchers fabricated a stimulus-responsive #hydrogel #microactuator with different bending performance using 2PP-based #4Dprinting coupled with a gradient printing strategy, opening avenues for versatile applications.

#OpenAccess in Nanotechnology Reviews: doi.org/10.1515/ntre...

Change is the 4th dimension The advent of light-responsive 4D-printed liquid metal/polymer nanocomposites is paving the way for a new generation of laser-controlled soft robots. Robots are designed to perform tasks automatically...

Soft robots that bend, lift & transform with laser light? @aibnatuq.bsky.social's RuiRui Qiao, Liwen Zhang and Tom Davis are 4D-printing liquid metal/polymer nanocomposites to build shape-shifting bots for medicine & beyond.
#NCRIS #ANFFQLD #SoftRobots #Nanotechnology #MaterialScience #4DPrinting

Ready for the Next Revolution? 4D Printing Is Changing Everything: Editorial | Innovation of Chemistry & Materials for Sustainability

🚀 Just Published! Explore the #FutureOfFabrication 🧩
📘 Editorial Title: “Ready for the Next Revolution? 4D Printing Is Changing Everything”
👉 Curious? Read here: doi.org/10.63654/icm... #4DPrinting #AdvancedMaterials #Innovation #MaterialScience #3DPrinting #Research #TechnologyTrends

Join us to explore breakthroughs that are reshaping the future of tissue engineering and personalized medicine!

#TTT25 #TissueEngineering #3DPrinting #4DPrinting #BloodBrainBarrier #Nanoparticles #RegenerativeMedicine #Biomaterials #BoğaziçiCT3Symposium #CT3Innovation #CT3TranslationalResearch

4D printing with self-adjustable gas pressure enables up to 11 stable shape configurations and a temperature memory effect, as reported in #IJEM.
🔗 doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/add226

#4DPrinting #SmartMaterials #ShapeMemory #GasDrivenActuation #AdditiveManufacturing #ExtremeManufacturing

3D and 4D printing revolutionize electromagnetic metamaterials | Newswise In the latest research in the field of materials science and engineering, researchers have made remarkable progress in the 3D and 4D printing of electromagnetic metamaterials (EMMs). This breakthrough...

3D and 4D printing revolutionize electromagnetic metamaterials
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#3dprinting #4dprinting #metamaterials #electromagneticproperties #invisibilitycloak

Femtosecond laser micro/nano processing: from fundamentals to emerging applications From fundamentals to applications: a review on femtosecond (fs) laser micro/nano processing, recently published online in the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing. Dr. Le Gao and co-aut...

Femtosecond ( #fs) #laser #micro/nano processing enables precise 3D microstructures, #4Dprinting & functional integration.
A new #IJEM review explores its advances, challenges & future directions.
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New OEGMA-based hydrogels enable 4D microprinting with tunable temperature responsiveness (33–66 °C).🌡 Ideal for soft robotics, smart sensors & biomedical microdevices.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/mame... #4DPrinting #Hydrogels #SoftRobotics
@blascolab.bsky.social

A new IJEM study introduces an autonomous inverse encoding strategy using #femtosecond laser encoding, enabling 4D-printed micro/nanostructures to achieve precise and programmable shape changes.

Open Access in #IJEM :👉 doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/ada839

#4DPrinting #MicroRobotics #Nanotechnology

Pixel Mechanics #Metamaterials (#PMMs) with 32^(m×n) programmable states show tunable vibration isolation (0–5.86 Hz → 13.67 Hz & 306.64–365.23 Hz) and energy absorption (1.01–3.91 J), plus 6 logic gates—no external force needed.

Open Access in #IJEM: doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/ad884a

#4DPrinting

Additive manufacturing of biomedical metals for medical implant fabrication Here, Dr. Yuhua Li from Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Prof. Rui Zhu from Shanghai University of Electric Power, Prof. Liqiang Wang from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Prof. Lai-C...

Additive manufacturing is essential for producing #biomedical metals and #implants.

This article in #IJEM reviews recent advances in #AM of novel #alloys, and 4D printing with #AI techniques.

#4Dprinting #ExtremeManufacturing #AdditiveManufacturing

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Sofas that self-assemble when you heat them up? How 4D printing could transform manufacturing
#Technology #4DPrinting #Innovation #Manufacturing #FutureTech #Science #Engineering #Wearables #Robotics #MedicalTech #3DPrinting #SmartMaterials #Prosthetics
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This is the first object in 4 dimensions, printed: It's beyond our capacity for comprehension The first object in 4 dimensions has been printed, and its beyond our capacity of comprehension: You won't believe how it looks like

This is the first object in 4 dimensions, printed: It’s beyond our capacity for comprehension
4D Printing: The incorporation of intelligent materials in transforming manufacturing processes
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