4D Printing: Multi‐Material Shape Change
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How might 4D printing overcome the obstacles that are hampering the rolling out and scaling up of 3D printing? Skylar Tibbits , Director of the Self‐Assembly Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), describes how the Lab has partnered up with Stratasys Ltd, an industry leader in the development of 4D Printing, and is making the development of self‐assembly programmable materials and adaptive technologies for industrial application in building design and construction its focus.
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In 2014 Tibbits first published a work reporting one-way SMPs 3D printed using Stratasys's Connex machine offering multi-material PolyJet printing.
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- Authors
- Tibbits, S.
- Corresponding author
- Tibbits, Skylar
- ORCID
- Tibbits, Skylar
- Venue
- Architectural Design
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-01
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 116-121
- ISSN
- 0003-8504 (ISSN-L)
- 1554-2769
- OpenAlex
- W1985847842
- Cited by
- 1,188
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 845.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Architectural Design (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Architecture › Architecture and Computational Design
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Advanced Materials and Mechanics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
- Keywords
- 4D printing, multi-material printing, shape transformation, self-assembly, programmable materials, adaptive technology, building design and construction, industrial 3D printing
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