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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Soft composite"”.
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Tension-induced tunable corrugation in two-phase soft composites and its properties as a band gap structure
… the elastic deformation response of a two-phase soft composite under externally applied concentric tension and its properties as a band gap structure. By carefully designing the inclusion pattern, it is possible to induce corrugations normal to the direction of stretch. By stacking 1D composite …
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Fracture and toughening of soft elastic composite
… by their low modulus and high stretchability, soft composites have recently attracted great interest from researchers in related areas. The main objective of the present study is on the fracture property and toughening mechanism of soft composites. Two types of soft composites will be studied: …
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Integrating Smart Materials and Adhesion Mechanics for Soft Gripping Mechanisms
Surfaces comprised of soft elastomeric materials can adhere to a broad range of substrates and thus have applications in transfer printing, handling in automated manufacturing processes, and climbing robots. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Ecoflex-50 are among the most commonly used elastomers in …
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Fabrication and osmosis-mediated dynamics of a plant-inspired, fluid-filled, soft actuator
… classical poroelasticity theory can capture the composite response, its assumptions of an interconnected porous network and immiscible fluid-solid phases miss the underlying physics in plant tissues. Therefore, to provide a model system and therein to elucidate enhancements in performance …
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Mechanics of biopolymer networks, stimuli responsive particle suspensions, and their combinations
… new paradigms in designing stiffness changing soft materials. The systems developed and studied in this work have salient and unprecedented features such as (1) the ability to controllably stiffen up to 100 times (10,000 %) when exposed to an external stimulus of temperature or magnetic field, …
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Microtransfer printing of elastomeric active composites
Soft active polymeric composites are of great interest in many fields, including soft robotics, flexible electronics, and wearable technologies. This kind of 3D heterogeneous integration of different materials to form a functional membrane is achieved through a novel fabrication process that …