Soft Actuators Made of Discrete Grains

被引:18
作者
Eristoff, Sophia [1 ]
Kim, Sang Yup [1 ,2 ]
Sanchez-Botero, Lina [1 ]
Buckner, Trevor [1 ]
Yirmibesoglu, Osman Dogan [1 ]
Kramer-Bottiglio, Rebecca [1 ]
机构
[1] Yale Univ, Sch Engn & Appl Sci, 9 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
[2] Sogang Univ, Dept Mech Engn, 35 Baekbeom Ro, Seoul 04107, South Korea
关键词
double emulsion; granular actuators; multicore microcapsules; multiphase composites; phase-change actuators; printable soft actuators; soft robotics; ROBOTS; EVAPORATION; ELASTOMER; GRIPPER; COFFEE;
D O I
10.1002/adma.202109617
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Recent work has demonstrated the potential of actuators consisting of bulk elastomers with phase-changing inclusions for generating high forces and large volumetric expansions. Simultaneously, granular assemblies have been shown to enable tunable properties via different packings, dynamic moduli via jamming, and compatibility with various printing methods via suspension in carrier fluids. Herein, granular actuators are introduced, which represent a new class of soft actuators made of discrete grains. The soft grains consist of a hyperelastic shell and multiple solvent cores. Upon heating, the encapsulated solvent cores undergo liquid-to-gas phase change, inducing rapid and strong volumetric expansion of the hyperelastic shell up to 700%. The grains can be used independently for micro-actuation, or in granular agglomerates for meso- and macroscale actuation, demonstrating the scalability of the granular actuators. Furthermore, the active grains can be suspended in a carrier resin or solvent to enable printable soft actuators via established granular material processing techniques. By combining the advantages of phase-change soft actuation and granularity, this work presents the opportunity to realize soft actuators with tunable bulk properties, compatibility with self-assembly techniques, and on-demand reconfigurability.
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