Large, Fast, and Bidirectional Bending of Slide‐Ring Polymer Materials

The bending of slide‐ring materials (SRMs), polymer materials having ring‐shaped cross‐linking points providing deterioration tolerance and low hysteresis, is described. An SRM sheet exhibits a voltage‐controllable, extremely large, fast, and bidirectional bending deformation with shape memory functionality. A 50‐μm‐thick SRM sheet actuator exhibits an electrostatic actuation in two opposite directions and bending angle larger than 180° achieved within 0.4 s due to its shape memory effect. The memory effect remains for more than 250 min. As a potential application utilizing the bending of the SRM, a soft gripper is fabricated, which handles two objects placed opposite each other. This functionality is rarely achieved by a soft gripper composed of a single active material, which shows the characteristics of the SRM promising for the development of soft matter systems with novel functionalities and high performances.

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Large, Fast, and Bidirectional Bending of Slide‐Ring Polymer Materials ; volume:2 ; number:4 ; year:2020 ; extent:5 ; Advanced intelligent systems ; 2, Heft 4 (2020) (gesamt 5)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Kakizaki, Shimpei ; Shintake, Jun ; Iwatake, Yasunori ; Baba, Kazumasa ; Takeuchi, Hiromitsu ; Yamamoto, Akio

Further information

• DOI: 10.1002/aisy.201900155
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022070407255199241790
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.