<title>Multiscale approach to the control of smart materials</title>

A multiscale approach for modeling actuation response of polymeric artificial muscles

Soft Matter ◽

10.1039/c4sm02797c ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (19) ◽

pp. 3833-3843 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Soodabeh Sharafi ◽

Guoqiang Li

Keyword(s):

Smart Materials ◽

Artificial Muscles ◽

Multiscale Approach

Artificial muscles are emerging materials in the field of smart materials with applications in aerospace, robotic, and biomedical industries.

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A hierarchical multiscale approach for predicting thermo-electro-mechanical behavior of heterogeneous piezoelectric smart materials

Computational Materials Science ◽

10.1016/j.commatsci.2014.01.059 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 87 ◽

pp. 88-99 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jun Lv ◽

Kai Yang ◽

Hongwu Zhang ◽

Dongsheng Yang ◽

Yi Huang

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Behavior ◽

Smart Materials ◽

Multiscale Approach ◽

Hierarchical Multiscale

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Smart Materials for Tissue Engineering

10.1039/9781788010542 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Keyword(s):

Tissue Engineering ◽

Smart Materials

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4D printing technology, modern era: A short review

International Journal of Energy Technology ◽

10.32438//ijet.203015 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 92-111

Author(s):

Khodadad Mostakim ◽

Nahid Imtiaz Masuk ◽

Md. Rakib Hasan ◽

Md. Shafikul Islam

Keyword(s):

Smart Materials ◽

Computer Aided Design ◽

Short Review ◽

Stimuli Responsive ◽

4D Printing ◽

Space Applications ◽

Printing Technology ◽

Practical Applications ◽

Biomedical Technologies ◽

Novel Material

The advancement in 3D printing has led to the rapid growth of 4D printing technology. Adding time, as the fourth dimension, this technology ushered the potential of a massive evolution in fields of biomedical technologies, space applications, deployable structures, manufacturing industries, and so forth. This technology performs ingenious design, using smart materials to create advanced forms of the 3-D printed specimen. Improvements in Computer-aided design, additive manufacturing process, and material science engineering have ultimately favored the growth of 4-D printing innovation and revealed an effective method to gather complex 3-D structures. Contrast to all these developments, novel material is still a challenging sector. However, this short review illustrates the basic of 4D printing, summarizes the stimuli responsive materials properties, which have prominent role in the field of 4D technology. In addition, the practical applications are depicted and the potential prospect of this technology is put forward.

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