Hi,
I have recently studied your article: "An excursion into the design space of biomimetic architectured biphasic actuators". It was really interesting, however I was wondering where is the application of these types of actuators? I will appreciate if you give me some references.
Thanks.
Just a quick answer (I try to send you some references later), but existing applications are multiple and I believe it opens the way to alot of new applications as well. On a small scale, like bimetallic thermostat, it can serve for temperature sensors, in microfluidics for passive gate opening, drug delivery systems (like microencapsulation), etc. On a larger scale I would like to see it in architecture, like passive windows, roof tops and such. Much needs to be studied in terms of reversibility, rigidity, fatigue, and many more questions, but I believe it has potential.
The short answer is it's solve twisting actuation for rod-like objects, so is useful at the fundamental level.
Best regards
Thanks for your answer.
I was searching for the application of twisting bilayers and I came across with this article:
"Modeling and design of the self-twisting of hydrogel bilayer strip"
actually it belongs for a meeting, unfortunately I couldn't find the full article! I was wondering if you can help me.
Thanks
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