Novel 4D printing technique has biomedical applications

The latest research into a new 3D/4D printing technology has led to the manufacturing of environmentally friendly polymers that may have the potential to be used in drug delivery and tissue engineering. A research team from the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) and The University of Auckland (New Zealand) has developed a new form of technology that merges 3D/4D printing and a chemical process that produces polymers, known as 'living' polymerization. Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, the authors claim that the new technology has allowed for the creation of environmentally friendly polymers that not only could be...