4D printing: Dawn of an emerging technology cycle

Assembly Automation

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 310-314

  Pei, Eujin ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D printing; 4D printing; Additive manufacturing; Functionally graded rapid prototyping; Variable property rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

3-D PRINTING; D-PRINTING; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE MATERIALS; VARIABLE PROPERTY;

3D PRINTERS;

EID: 84926304277     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AA-07-2014-062     Document Type: Review

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