This $432,461 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Texas at Arlington to develop new 2D material programming techniques enabling scalable and customizable 3D manufacturing of soft conductive materials. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the three-year award period from September 2022 to August 2025 will support the research team's work exploring how to program 2D ionic liquid-based polymers for 3D manufacturing and control their mechanical properties to produce 3D structures of soft conductive materials with enhanced properties. The researchers will also investigate environment-responsive shape-morphing capabilities. This work contributes to sustained U.S. leadership in advanced manufacturing and benefits the economy and society by creating new knowledge around programming polymeric materials using a 2D-to-3D transformation approach applicable to soft electronics, machines, deployable systems and other applications.
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