4D Printing Technology: Principles, Materials, and Application: Nature-inspired structures with self-morphing, stimuli-responsive, reconfigurable, and self-healing capabilities are now possible with the use of smart materials and recent developments in additive manufacturing/ 3D printing technology. In response to an external fillip, 3D printed smart materials may transform their form, size, or defining qualities called 4D printing. The term "4D printing" refers to the potential of a 3D printed part to reorganize and reconfigure over time to better suit the user's needs.

The book explores how the concept of 4D printing arises from the existing 3D printing technology, its detail classification, different programming methods involved in 4D printing, 4D printing for different materials categories, characterization techniques with relevance to 4D printed parts, detail application landscape and, at the end a summary of one decade of 4D printing technology.

Book Chapter Submission and topics

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference, or book. The following book chapter topics are welcome but not limited to:

Chapter 1: Importance of Additive Manufacturing in the era of Industry 4.0

Chapter 2: Additive Manufacturing Processes and techniques

Chapter 3: The rise of Smart materials: Recent developments

Chapter 4: From 3D printing to 4D printing: Adding time dimension

Chapter 5: Classification of 4D printing and different programming methods

Chapter 6: 4D printing of polymers

Chapter 7: 4D printing of ceramics

Chapter 8: 4D printing of metals

Chapter 9: Nanomaterials in 4D printing: Importance and applications

Chapter 10: 4D printing in micro and nanoscale

Chapter 11: Characterization techniques for 4D printed parts

Chapter 12: 4D printing applications in Electronics and Photonics

Chapter 13: 4D printing applications: Aerospace, Construction, Healthcare, and Industries

Chapter 14: Possible future applications of 4D printing technology

Chapter 15: One decade of 4D printing (2013-2023): Overview & Summary

• Please write to us suggesting any new topic/ chapter, if any, that you would like to submit

Important Dates and Submission Guidelines

• Last date for Abstract submission: 31-03-2023
• Acceptance of Abstract: 30-04-2023
• Last date for full chapter submission: 31-08-2023
• Review Decision: 30-09-2023
• Acceptance of full chapter: 31-10-2023
• Final camera-ready chapter submission: 30-11-2023
• Chapters submitted to the publisher: 31-12-2023

• Send your 500-word abstract by the designated deadline to bijaybikram@iitkgp.ac.in/ all4dp.info@gmail.com

  Advise us how many words your chapter will likely be and the number of figures/ tables. Note we are looking for a range of 8,000-12,000 words. Make sure to list all co-authors with complete contact information and links to Google Scholar profiles and CVs. The publisher’s guidelines can be located at https://www.scrivenerpublishing.com/guidelines.php. Note that all chapters will be put through similarity software and the publisher’s guidelines are an overall similarity index of less than 15% (with a maximum of 3% from any single source).

Book Editors

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, WB, India

• Er. Bijaya Bikram Samal (https://sites.google.com/view/bijaybikramsamal/home)
• Prof. C. S. Kumar (http://www.facweb.iitkgp.ac.in/~cskumar/)
• Dr. S. K. Varshney (http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/department/EC/faculty/ec-skvarshney)

Publication

4DPT-BOOK and its chapters will be published in the Wiley-Scrivener publishing imprint. Each chapter will be provided with a different DOI and indexed in SCOPUS. Moreover, the book will also be submitted for inclusion in the Web of Science (depending upon the quality).

This book will be a part of the book series: Advances in Additive Manufacturing Technologies (Wiley-Scrivener)

The editor(s) will engage two single-blind peer-reviewers to assess originality, clarity, usefulness, and adherence to the book's scope.

Scrivener Publishing: Established in 2009, the purpose of Scrivener Publishing is to publish books in the technical applied sciences for both the practitioner in industry and the researcher in academia. This high-quality content is essential to our professional customers and is sold globally as print and electronic as well as in aggregated databases, including Scopus and Web of Science. By partnering with Wiley, the leading engineering publisher, to create our joint imprint, Wiley-Scrivener, Scrivener Publishing offers our authors, editors and contributors, efficient and personalized editorial attention, as well as global marketing, sales, and distribution both in print and digital.

Contact

All questions and suggestions about the book and chapter submission should be emailed only to bijaybikram@iitkgp.ac.in/ all4dp.info@gmail.com. Whatsapp and Contact: +91-9556699617