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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Is order creation through disorder in additive manufacturing possible?

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Article: 1889110 | Received 14 Nov 2020, Accepted 30 Dec 2020, Published online: 07 Mar 2021

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Figure 1. Key parameters to be considered in the realization of a 3D object

Figure 1. Key parameters to be considered in the realization of a 3D object

Figure 2. Example of programmable matter using cubes (Rus & Vona, Citation2001)

Figure 2. Example of programmable matter using cubes (Rus & Vona, Citation2001)

Figure 3. Principle of a self-organizing system

Figure 3. Principle of a self-organizing system

Figure 4. Fork bifurcation

Figure 4. Fork bifurcation

Figure 5. Schematic representation of a landscape of attractors

Figure 5. Schematic representation of a landscape of attractors

Figure 6. The “virtuous” circle of the systemic approach (simulation also includes experimentation in connection with)

Figure 6. The “virtuous” circle of the systemic approach (simulation also includes experimentation in connection with)

Figure 7. DNA origamis

Figure 7. DNA origamis

Figure 8. Application areas of nano-machines

Figure 8. Application areas of nano-machines

Figure 9. Examples of molecular machines and their displacements

Figure 9. Examples of molecular machines and their displacements

Figure 10. Thermally excited actuator made of shape memory polymer and 3D printed with stereo-lithography technique (image provided by Ge, Qi et al. (Citation2016) and Ge, Sakhaei et al. (Citation2016))

Figure 10. Thermally excited actuator made of shape memory polymer and 3D printed with stereo-lithography technique (image provided by Ge, Qi et al. (Citation2016) and Ge, Sakhaei et al. (Citation2016))

Figure 11. Growth with cell differentiation and location

Figure 11. Growth with cell differentiation and location

Figure 12. Leduc’s osmotic productions (copy of Thuillier (Citation1980); see also Eastes et al., (Citation2009); Haudin et al. (Citation2018); Leduc (Citation1912, Citation1910); Whitesides & Grzybowski (Citation2002))

Figure 12. Leduc’s osmotic productions (copy of Thuillier (Citation1980); see also Eastes et al., (Citation2009); Haudin et al. (Citation2018); Leduc (Citation1912, Citation1910); Whitesides & Grzybowski (Citation2002))

Table 1. Examples of linkages between top-down and bottom-up approaches