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Printable Smart Materials and Devices: Strategies and Applications
Meng Su1,2, Yanlin Song1,2
1Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Nanomaterials for Green Printing Technology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Zhongguancun North First Street 2, 100190 Beijing, P. R. China.
Chemical Reviews
|August 20, 2021
Summary
Printable smart materials enable advanced functional devices. This review covers printing strategies, applications, and future opportunities for these intelligent materials in areas like wearable sensors and optoelectronics.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Nanotechnology
- Engineering
Background:
- Smart materials respond to various stimuli (optical, electrical, thermal, chemical).
- Patterning smart materials is crucial for creating large-scale functional device arrays.
- Printing techniques offer versatile methods for fabricating complex smart material architectures.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide a comprehensive overview of printable smart materials.
- To review current printing strategies and their applications in functional devices.
- To discuss the advantages, limitations, and future prospects of printed smart material devices.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing literature on printable smart materials.
- Analysis of various printing techniques (inkjet, template-assisted, 3D printing).
- Exploration of applications in wearable sensors, optoelectronics, and artificial neurons.
Main Results:
- Printing methods facilitate the creation of multidimensional and multimaterial smart device architectures.
- Significant progress has been made in developing printable smart materials for diverse applications.
- Challenges remain in achieving controllable modulation between material properties and device performance.
Conclusions:
- Printable smart materials offer vast potential for next-generation functional devices.
- Further research is needed to overcome current limitations and unlock new opportunities.
- This review serves as a reference for advancements in smart materials, printing strategies, and intelligent device applications.
