Stay smart: it’s all about the materials for 4D printing in biomedicine
Where 3D printing was characterized by the new technologies and machinery, 4D printing is defined by the smart materials making waves in drug development and regenerative medicine.
The development of 3D printing has been a well-documented story of success: impacting numerous fields including construction, tech, engineering and biomedicine. However, for the technique to have real impacts in the last field, the products produced need to be able to change and adapt alongside the living tissues and dynamic systems in which they need to operate.
Find out how the materials used for 3D printing have evolved to deliver this ability; bringing 3D printing into the 4th dimension: time.