Herein, a flexible four-dimensional optical data storage technique is demonstrated by harnessing ultrafast laser-induced fluorophores in thermoplastic polyurethane. By modulating the pulse energy of a 515 nm laser, data voxels with multilevel fluorescence signals can be generated and encoded. The readout accuracy of the encoded multilayer information remains at 92.2% after 50 bending cycles, demonstrating the feasibility of our technology for data recording based on a roll-to-roll method. The generation of fluorophores by only a single femtosecond laser pulse provides the ability to record data beyond 20 MB/s.
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Anal Chim Acta
January 2025
Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, 402202, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address:
Background: To integrate valves, manifolds, and solid-phase extraction (SPE) columns into a compact device is technically difficult. Four-dimensional printing (4DP) technologies, employing stimuli-responsive materials in three-dimensional printing (3DP), are revolutionizing the fabrication, functionality, and applicability of stimuli-responsive analytical devices that can show time-dependent shape programming to enable more complex geometric designs and functions. However, 4D-printed stimuli-responsive actuators and valves utilized to control flowing streams in SPE applications remain rare.
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December 2024
Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City 402202, Taiwan, ROC.
Four-dimensional printing (4DP) technologies can expand the functionality of stimuli-responsive devices to enable the integration of multiple stimuli-responsive parts into a compact device. Herein, we used digital light processing three-dimensional printing technique, flexible photocurable resins, and photocurable resins of the temperature-responsive hydrogels comprising -isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM), ,'-methylenebis(acrylamide) (MBA), and graphene for 4DP of a lab-on-valve (LOV) solid-phase extraction (SPE) device. This device featured flow manifolds and a monolithic packing connected by four near-infrared (NIR)-actuated temperature-responsive switching valves composed of a poly(NIPAM/MBA) (PNM) ball pushing a flexible membrane.
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January 2025
Department of Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics, State Key Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex Systems, BIC-ESAT, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Mechanism-based metamaterials, comprising rigid elements interconnected by flexible hinges, possess the potential to develop intelligent micromachines with programmable motility and morphology. However, the absence of efficient microactuators has constrained the ability to achieve multimodal locomotion and active shape-morphing behaviors at the micro and nanoscale. In this study, inspiration from the flight mechanisms of tiny insects is drawn to develop a biomimetic microhinged actuator by integrating compliant mechanisms with soft hydrogel muscle.
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November 2024
Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Materials (Basel)
October 2024
NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826, USA.
Four-dimensional printing refers to a process through which a 3D printed object transforms from one structure into another through the influence of an external energy input. Self-folding structures have been extensively studied to advance 3D printing technology into 4D using stimuli-responsive polymers. Designing and applying self-folding structures requires an understanding of the material properties so that the structural designs can be tailored to the targeted applications.
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