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4-D Printing Approach Turns Up the Heat on Shape Shifting (4 of 7)

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4-D Printing Approach Turns Up the Heat on Shape Shifting (4 of 7)

video: A 3-D printed star-shaped frame morphs into a "4-D" dome shape upon heating. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the April 12, 2017 issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by Z. Ding at Singapore University of Technology and Design in Singapore, and colleagues was titled, "Direct 4D printing via active composite materials." view more 

Credit: [Credit: Z. Ding]


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