Mathias Fleisch
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3
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105
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About
Mathias Fleisch is a leading researcher in advanced manufacturing and smart materials, with a focus on 3D printing technologies and mechanical metamaterials. His work centers on developing high-resolution additive manufacturing techniques, particularly using vitrimers—a class of polymers that can be reshaped and recycled—where he introduced organic phosphates as transesterification catalysts to enable reprocessable, high-fidelity prints (65 citations). Fleisch also pioneers tunable mechanical metamaterials, such as a chiral-based design that achieves a novel normal-strain shear coupling effect, opening new possibilities for adaptive structures (28 citations). In soft robotics, he has advanced multi-material fused filament fabrication for dielectric elastomer actuators, creating lightweight, electrically driven devices capable of large deformations (12 citations). His contributions bridge materials science and engineering, offering sustainable, high-performance solutions for next-generation robotics and adaptive systems. With a growing citation impact and innovative approaches to recyclable 3D printing and smart materials, Fleisch is shaping the future of additive manufacturing and soft actuation technologies.
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