A Review of 3D Printing Technologies for Soft Polymer Materials

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (28) ◽  
pp. 2000187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu‐Yu Zhou ◽  
Jianzhong Fu ◽  
Yong He
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
Y. M. Dovydenko ◽  
N. A. Ivanova ◽  
S. A. Chizhik ◽  
V. E. Agabekov

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 5891
Author(s):  
Gang-Hyun Jeon ◽  
Yong-Jai Park

In this paper, soft-morphing, deformation control by fabric structures and soft-jumping mechanisms using magnetic yield points are studied. The durability and adaptability of existing rigid-base jumping mechanisms are improved by a soft-morphing process that employs the residual stress of a polymer. Although rigid body-based jumping mechanisms are used, they are driven by multiple components and complex structures. Therefore, they have drawbacks in terms of shock durability and fatigue accumulation. To improve these problems, soft-jumping mechanisms are designed using soft polymer materials and soft-morphing techniques with excellent shock resistance and environmental adaptability. To this end, a soft jumping mechanism is designed to store energy using the air pressure inside the structure, and the thickness of the polymer layer is adjusted based on the method applied for controlling the polymer freedom and residual stress deformation. The soft jumping mechanism can transfer energy more efficiently and stably using an energy storage and release mechanism and the rounded ankle structure designed using soft morphing. Therefore, the soft morphing and mechanisms of energy retention and release were applied to fabricate a soft robot prototype that can move in the desired direction and jump; the performance experiment was carried out.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Zhao ◽  
Jingwen Xu ◽  
Haitao Yuan ◽  
Endong Zhang ◽  
Nan Dai ◽  
...  

Inspired by the skin biofunction of protecting the body from microorganism invasion, artificially manufacturing human skin in vitro with promising antibacterial capability and cell affinity is urgently required in wound...


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per-Anders Thorén ◽  
Riccardo Borgani ◽  
Daniel Forchheimer ◽  
David B. Haviland

We study high-speed friction on soft polymer materials by measuring the amplitude dependence of cyclic lateral forces on the atomic force microscope (AFM) tip as it slides on the surface with fixed contact force. The resulting dynamic force quadrature curves separate the elastic and viscous contributions to the lateral force, revealing a transition from stick-slip to free-sliding motion as the velocity increases. We explain force quadratures and describe how they are measured, and we show results for a variety of soft materials. The results differ substantially from the measurements on hard materials, showing hysteresis in the force quadrature curves that we attribute to the finite relaxation time of viscoelastic surface deformation.


Polymers ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 180
Author(s):  
M. N. M. Azlin ◽  
R. A. Ilyas ◽  
M. Y. M. Zuhri ◽  
S. M. Sapuan ◽  
M. M. Harussani ◽  
...  

Sustainable technologies are vital due to the efforts of researchers and investors who have allocated significant amounts of money and time to their development. Nowadays, 3D printing has been accepted by the main industry players, since its first establishment almost 30 years ago. It is obvious that almost every industry is related to technology, which proves that technology has a bright future. Many studies have shown that technologies have changed the methods for developing particular products. Three-dimensional printing has evolved tremendously, and currently, many new types of 3D printing machines have been introduced. In this paper, we describe the historical development of 3D printing technology including its process, types of printing, and applications on polymer materials.


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