Ngaphambi kokuqala, ngithanda ukukutshela ngqo ngomuntu oqamba isihloko salokhu okuthunyelwe, Kanjani lee, udokotela nomcwaningi we I-Rutgers University oke waba ngumcwaningi oholayo wethimba lomsebenzi elikwazile ukwenza indlela entsha yokuphrinta ye-4D kusuka kwijel ehlakaniphile abangakwazi ngayo ukuthuthukisa lokho bona ngokwabo abakubize ngokuthi 'yizinto eziphilayo' ezithweni zomzimba nezicubu, amarobhothi athambile. ..
Ukucacisa into elula njengokuthi ukuphrinta kwe-4D kuyini, vele usho ukuthi kusenjalo Ukuphrinta kwe-3D okungashintsha umumo. Kulesi senzakalo esithile, uhlobo olusha lwe i-hydrogel engasebenza kuphrinta ye-3D nokuthi, uma noma iyiphi into yenziwe, iyibangela ukuthi iguqule ukwakheka ngokushisa.
Le hydrogel entsha isivumela ukuthi sivivinye ngokwaziwa njengokuphrinta kwe-4D
Ngokususelwa ephepheni iqembu labacwaningi elisanda kulishicilela, ngikutshele ukuthi ngokusobala ukuphrinta kwe-3D hydrogel kuvelele kuyashesha, kulula ukukhiqizwa futhi kuvumela nokwenza noma yiluphi uhlobo lwengxenye ngokulungiswa okuphezulu. Zonke izinto ezenziwe ngale hydrogel zihlala ziqinile futhi zingagcina ukwakheka kwazo yize ziqukethe amanzi.
Umqondo wokusetshenziswa kwalolu hlobo lwe-hydrogel ukufeza, ngokwesibonelo, ukwenza uchungechunge lwezidakamizwa, ngenxa yokuqina kwazo, ezingafakwa noma yikuphi emzimbeni futhi zikhiphe okuqukethwe kwazo ngqo endaweni ekhonjiswe nge sebenzisa ukushisa endaweni ethile lomzimba.
Njengoba uthisha ephawule Kanjani lee:
Sisanda kuqala ukuhlola amandla aphelele ale hydrogel. Sifaka omunye ubukhulu kuyo, futhi kungokokuqala ukuthi noma ngubani akwenze ngalesi sikali. Ziyizinto eziguquguqukayo ezinekhono lokushintsha isimo. Ngithanda ukubabiza ngezinto zokwakha ezihlakaniphile.
Uma ulawula ngokuphelele umumo, lapho-ke ungahlela ukusebenza kwawo. Ngicabanga ukuthi lawa ngamandla wokuphrinta kwe-3D okokuguqula isimo.