Researchers ‘Print’ Polymers That Bend Into 3-D Shapes
Technique could be used to direct growth of blood vessels or tissues in the laboratory
Christian Santangelo, Ryan Hayward and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently employed photographic techniques and polymer science to develop a new technique for printing two-dimensional sheets of polymers that can fold into three-dimensional shapes when water is added. The technique may lead to wide ranging practical applications from medicine to robotics (more…)