Butterfly proboscis-inspired tight rolling tapered soft actuators

Jeroen A.H.P. Sol; Akhil R. Peeketi; Nihit Vyas; Albertus P.H.J. Schenning; Ratna K. Annabattula; Michael G. Debije

doi:10.1039/C8CC09915D

Butterfly proboscis-inspired tight rolling tapered soft actuators

Jeroen A.H.P. Sol, Akhil R. Peeketi, Nihit Vyas, Albertus P.H.J. Schenning, Ratna K. Annabattula (Corresponding author), Michael G. Debije (Corresponding author)

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Liquid crystalline networks have been fashioned into thin films with tapered thicknesses, revealing the possibility of rolling up extremely tightly when triggered thermally or with light. Compared to the often limited bending shown previously in liquid crystal network actuators, these tapered films curl up several hundreds of degrees. Finite element results of simulated functionally graded thin films with tapered thicknesses corroborate well with experimental work.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1726-1729
Number of pages	4
Journal	Chemical Communications, ChemComm
Volume	55
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC09915D
Publication status	Published - 5 Feb 2019

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