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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"actuating materials"”.
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Fabrication and osmosis-mediated dynamics of a plant-inspired, fluid-filled, soft actuator
… governing the constitutive response of these materials. While 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 …
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Functional Protein Based Materials
… were tested for use in biocomposites and soft actuating materials, respectively. In Chapter II, the self-assembly mechanism of trypsin hydrolyzed wheat gluten (THWG) into rigid β-sheets was applied to an aqueous polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) environment. Aqueous PVA was used in order to determine the …
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A quantitative and predictive model for mechanochemical kinetics and its experimental validation
… fact that the application of mechanical force to materials can change the reactivity of their constituent molecules (or ions) has been known for millennia, but the complexity of these multi-scale phenomena limited their partial explanation to the theoretical until the advances in micromanipulation …
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Passive biomimetic actuators : the role of material architecture
… matrix. In addition, Nature provides examples of actuating systems based on lignified, low-swelling, cellular solids enclosing a high-swelling cellulosic phase. This is the case of the Delosperma nakurense seed capsule, in which a specialized tissue promotes the reversible opening of the capsule …