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Solvent-driven polymeric micro beam device

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dc.contributor.authorXia, Chunguang-
dc.contributor.authorLee, Howon-
dc.contributor.authorFang, Nicholas-
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-14T06:29:42Z-
dc.date.available2024-05-14T06:29:42Z-
dc.date.created2021-03-29-
dc.date.created2021-03-29-
dc.date.created2021-03-29-
dc.date.issued2010-08-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol.20 No.8, p. 085030-
dc.identifier.issn0960-1317-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10371/201831-
dc.description.abstractThe response of current hydrogel devices mainly depends on the diffusion of stimuli. However, diffusion is a slow transport mechanism compared to advection, which therefore limits the response speed of hydrogel devices. To overcome this limitation, we introduce a capillary network and elastic instability mechanism. Particularly, an open surface capillary delivers and distributes solvent, thus triggering the swelling and bending of curved polymeric beams. To demonstrate this concept, we fabricate these polymeric microstructures using projection micro-stereolithography (P mu SL). Combined with instability criteria analysis based on static beam theory, this device is designed to exhibit two-way snap-through behavior. Our analysis provides the minimum dimensionless stiffness beta for the beam device to snap during solvent actuation. Here, beta is a well-defined dimensionless parameter in our analysis that indicates whether the device can provide sufficient axial force to trigger the snap-through of the beam. The actuation displacement can be as high as 45% of the length of the beam. We observe a maximum midpoint speed of 3.1 cm s(-1) for a beam 2 mm long-20 times higher than that for a beam without an elastic instability mechanism. This device can be used in artificial muscle and as the key component for fluidic-to-mechanical signal transduction in active micro-fluidic circuits.-
dc.language영어-
dc.publisherInstitute of Physics Publishing-
dc.titleSolvent-driven polymeric micro beam device-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/0960-1317/20/8/085030-
dc.citation.journaltitleJournal of Micromechanics and Microengineering-
dc.identifier.wosid000280560600030-
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-77957824474-
dc.citation.number8-
dc.citation.startpage085030-
dc.citation.volume20-
dc.description.isOpenAccessN-
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthorLee, Howon-
dc.type.docTypeArticle-
dc.description.journalClass1-
dc.subject.keywordPlusSWELLING BEHAVIOR-
dc.subject.keywordPlusKINETICS-
dc.subject.keywordPlusHYDROGELS-
dc.subject.keywordPlusSHRINKING-
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