University of Alberta researchers working towards 4D printing

Canadian researchers are using 3D printing technology to print objects which can mimic complex natural mechanisms. University of Alberta (AB, Canada) chemical engineering researcher Stella Mathews and her team are using 3D printing to work towards creating a functional human organ by printing object which are able to mimic biological processes. The results of the study were published in RSC Advances. “We have expanded the set of tools to enable the incorporation of biological function as an intrinsic property in the devices we print with a new class of light-curable bionano ink,” commented Mathews. “We call it 4D printing. It...