# Advanced Materials and Mechanics

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/advanced-materials-and-mechanics-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 728,753 |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the advancements in 4D printing technologies, focusing on biomimetic materials, polymer films, liquid crystal elastomers, shape memory polymers, actuators, wrinkling patterns, bioinspired materials, soft robotics, hydrogels, and mechanical metamaterials. The research covers a wide range of applications and functionalities enabled by the development of these innovative materials and printing techniques. |
| Domain | Physical Sciences |
| Field | Engineering |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T11737 |
| Works | 55,354 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Zhong Lin Wang](https://scholariq.org/researchers/zhong-lin-wang/)
- [Yury Gogotsi](https://scholariq.org/researchers/yury-gogotsi/)
- [Róbert Langer](https://scholariq.org/researchers/robert-langer/)
- [George M. Whitesides](https://scholariq.org/researchers/george-m-whitesides/)
- [Wei Huang](https://scholariq.org/researchers/wei-huang-5/)
- [Yi Cui](https://scholariq.org/researchers/yi-cui/)
- [Kenji Watanabe](https://scholariq.org/researchers/kenji-watanabe/)
- [Takashi Taniguchi](https://scholariq.org/researchers/takashi-taniguchi/)
- [Lei Jiang](https://scholariq.org/researchers/lei-jiang/)
- [Younan Xia](https://scholariq.org/researchers/younan-xia/)
- [Mercouri G. Kanatzidis](https://scholariq.org/researchers/mercouri-g-kanatzidis/)
- [Zhenan Bao](https://scholariq.org/researchers/zhenan-bao/)

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