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4D Printing: promises or operational future?

Authors: Frédéric DEMOLY, Jean-Claude ANDRÉ

Publication date: April 10, 2021

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7. Glossary

Self-assembly; Self-organization

Processes by which a disorganized system of elementary components spontaneously or stimulatedly assembles and organizes itself, following specific and local interactions between these components.

Auxétique

Ability to have a negative Poisson's ratio.

Bio-printing; Bio-impression

An emerging topic in additive manufacturing technologies, aimed at manufacturing living organs and tissues.

Caténane

Ring-shaped molecules that can be used to create nano-motors.

Poisson's ratio

Used to characterize the contraction of the material perpendicular to the direction of the applied force.

Epistemology

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