3D printing of soft and wet systems benefit from hard-to-soft transition of transparent shape memory gels (presentation video)

Hidemitsu Furukawa; Jin Gong; Masato Makino; Md. Hasnat Kabir

doi:10.1117/12.2045265

16 April 2014 3D printing of soft and wet systems benefit from hard-to-soft transition of transparent shape memory gels (presentation video)

Hidemitsu Furukawa, Jin Gong, Masato Makino, Md. Hasnat Kabir

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Proceedings Volume 9060, Nanosensors, Biosensors, and Info-Tech Sensors and Systems 2014; 906010 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2045265
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Recently we successfully developed novel transparent shape memory gels. The SMG memorize their original shapes during the gelation process. In the room temperature, the SMG are elastic and show plasticity (yielding) under deformation. However when heated above about 50˚C, the SMG induce hard-to-soft transition and go back to their original shapes automatically. We focus on new soft and wet systems made of the SMG by 3-D printing technology.

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Hidemitsu Furukawa, Jin Gong, Masato Makino, and Md. Hasnat Kabir "3D printing of soft and wet systems benefit from hard-to-soft transition of transparent shape memory gels (presentation video)", Proc. SPIE 9060, Nanosensors, Biosensors, and Info-Tech Sensors and Systems 2014, 906010 (16 April 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2045265

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