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4D-printed material responds to environmental stimuli

27 Jul 2022
Photograph of 3D-printed objects shaped like beetles. There are four such objects in the photo, two of them coloured red and two coloured green, and they are sitting on a leaf that forms the photo's background
Beetling along: Under the influence of moisture, the colour of the 3D-printed beetle changes from green to red, and back again to red. (Courtesy: Bart van Overbeeke)
Researchers in the Netherlands have produced models of a beetle that changes colour and a scallop sh

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