Topic · Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Advanced Materials and Mechanics is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
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.
- Biomimetic
- Polymer Films
- Liquid Crystal Elastomers
- Shape Memory Polymers
- Actuators
- Wrinkling Patterns
- Bioinspired Materials
- Soft Robotics
- Hydrogels
- Mechanical Metamaterials
- Research works
- 27k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +50% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
China
51% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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