Shlomo Magdassi, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Additive manufacturing which is based on printing processes is considered the next industrial revolution. Functional printing brings the additional performance of printed patterns, beyond the conventional graphic output, and the main bottleneck in this field is the lack of suitable materials. The synthesis and formulations of novel nanomaterials and inks will be presented, with their utilization in printed devices, responsive and 3D objects. New approaches for achieving conductive inks for printed plastic electronics will be presented, as well as new materials and processes for 3D and 4D printing. Utilization of 3D and 4D printing technologies for fabrication of objects composed of ceramics, shape memory polymers, elastomers, and hydrogels will be demonstrated, for applications such as soft robotics, drug delivery systems, responsive connectors and Internet of Things (IoT), dynamic jewelry, and medical devices.