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The martensitic phase transformation in Ti_(40.4)Ni_(48)Hf_(11.6) shape memory alloys is leveraged for bi-directional actuation with TiNiHf/SiO_(2)/Si com-posites.The shape memory properties of magnetron sputtered Ti_...
This material is based upon work supported by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering under Air Force Contract No.FA8721-05-C-0002 and/or FA8702-15-D-0001.
We introduce a new type of actuator,the microhydraulic stepping actuator(MSA),which borrows design and operational concepts from biological muscle and stepper motors.MSAs offer a unique combination of power,efficiency...
BG is a Doctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation—Flanders(F.W.O.),Belgium.MDV acknowledges support from the ERC starting grant HIENA(no.337739).
Over the past few decades,polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)has become the material of choice for a variety of microsystem applications,including microfluidics,imprint lithography,and soft microrobotics.For most of these appl...
A novel 4 by 4 array of electromagnetic micro-actuators operating on the principle of voice-coil actuators is presented. The intended application of the array is dynamic tactile stimulation, where multiple actuators g...
Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No. 2006AA04Z237);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50775205)
A novel asymmetric optothermal microactuator was developed. A microactuator of 750μm length was machined by an excimer laser micmmachining system using single layer material. It had an asymmetric structure consisting...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60576053);Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007AA03Z333)
A model of curvature and tip deflection of multilayer thermal cantilever actuators is derived.The sim-plified expression received from the model avoids inverting complex matrices enhances understanding and makes it ea...
supported in part by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No2006AA04z302)
This paper presents a reduced-order model to describe the mechanical behaviour of microbeam-based magnetic devices. The integration for magnetic force is calculated by dividing the microbeam into several segments, and...
the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.2006AA04Z237)
A novel photothermal drive method was proposed. A novel photothermal micro-actuator (PTA) was developed with this method. We introduced the deflection mechanism of the asymmetric expansive arms with different widths...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10147203);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Uni-versity (Grant No. NCET-2005-0272);the Key Project of the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 206024)
The exact solution for the bending problem of a free-end point loaded film- substrate cantilever with arbitrary film-to-substrate thickness ratio is obtained by using the basic mechanical equilibrium equation. And the...
Projece supported by National Natural Science Foundatin ofChina(Grant No .10377009);National High-Technology Researchand Development Program(Grant No .863 -2003AA404140) ;Science Foundation of National Information Industry Ministry ofChina(Grant No .41308050116)
An electromagnetic microactuator with two stable positions is presented. The actuator consists of a cantilever beam with two free ends, a torsional beam with two fixed ends, planar coils and permanent magnets. The can...