Swelling and deswelling driven multimaterials silicone hopper with superior specific power and energy

Bioinspired, bistable snap-through structures are promising to release a burst of mechanical energy transformed from chemical energy, stored, and released incrementally during swelling/deswelling. Thin, disk-like hopper can harness the inhomogeneous deswelling to create the required constraint and f...

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Main Authors: Sizi Hu, Chengzhi Li, Haochen Wang, Max D. Mylo, Jing Becker, Bo Cao, Claas Müller, Christoph Eberl, Kaiyang Yin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-05-01
Series:Materials & Design
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127524003344