
IS34 - Additive Manufacturing of Intelligent Materials
Keywords: 3D printing, 4D printing, additive manufacturing, In-situ Monitoring, Multiscale, Process Modeling, Shape Memory Polymers
Intelligent systems are capable of sensing stimuli from their surrounding environment and performing actions in response to such stimuli [1]. While in Nature many biological systems have developed such capabilities, intelligent artificial systems that are not controlled by electronic computing devices are still challenging, since they require the combination of stimuli-responsive materials in complex 3-dimensional (3D) architectures featuring dynamic properties. Such limitations could be potentially overcome by integrating stimuli responsive materials in 3D structures made by additive manufacturing (AM) technologies [2]. To this aim, advanced AM processes have to be designed, that preserve the properties of the used, stimuli-responsive molecules and nanomaterials during the fabrication, as well as that enable the production of structures with dynamic properties and sensing/actuation capabilities.
This Invited Session aims at stimulating the establishment of an interdisciplinary platform for researchers and engineers to exchange knowledge in materials, AM processes and device design, and promote closer collaboration and potential advances of artificial intelligent systems made by AM. Scope of this Invited Session is to bring together researchers from different areas such as materials science, physics, chemistry, engineering and biology, and stimulate cross-disciplinary theoretical and experimental research efforts to identify and overcome current challenges of AM of intelligent materials.
Original technical and scientific papers are solicited on, but are not limited to, the following topics:
-Design and modelling of 3D systems responsive to environmental stimuli.
-Modelling of additive manufacturing processes with stimuli-responsive materials.
-Intelligent materials for 3D printing processes.
-4D printing processes.
-Optical, electronic, magnetic, electric properties of nanomaterials responsive to physical stimuli.
-Design and fabrication of smart devices by additive manufacturing.