{"id":202754,"date":"2024-12-30T05:28:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T11:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/stretchable-flexible-recyclable-princeton-scientists-develop-fantastic-new-material"},"modified":"2024-12-30T05:28:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T11:28:11","slug":"stretchable-flexible-recyclable-princeton-scientists-develop-fantastic-new-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/stretchable-flexible-recyclable-princeton-scientists-develop-fantastic-new-material","title":{"rendered":"Stretchable, Flexible, Recyclable: Princeton Scientists Develop Fantastic New Material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4p76bQE16zM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/princeton-university\/\">Princeton<\/a> engineers have developed a scalable 3D printing technique to produce soft plastics with customizable stretchiness and flexibility, while also being recyclable and cost-effective\u2014qualities rarely combined in commercially available materials.<\/p>\n<p>In a study published in <em><i>Advanced Functional Materials<\/i><\/em>, a team led by Emily Davidson detailed how they used thermoplastic elastomers\u2014a class of widely available polymers\u2014to create 3D-printed structures with adjustable stiffness. By designing the 3D printer\u2019s print path, the engineers could program the plastic\u2019s physical properties, allowing devices to stretch and flex in one direction while remaining rigid in another.<\/p>\n<p>Davidson, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, highlighted the potential applications of this technique in fields such as soft robotics, medical devices, prosthetics, lightweight helmets, and custom high-performance shoe soles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Princeton engineers have developed a scalable 3D printing technique to produce soft plastics with customizable stretchiness and flexibility, while also being recyclable and cost-effective\u2014qualities rarely combined in commercially available materials. In a study published in Advanced Functional Materials, a team led by Emily Davidson detailed how they used thermoplastic elastomers\u2014a class of widely available polymers\u2014to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,11,19,1499,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-cyborgs","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}