Using "click-e-bricks" to make 3D elastomeric structures

Stephen A Morin; Yanina Shevchenko; Joshua Lessing; Sen Wai Kwok; Robert F Shepherd; Adam A Stokes; George M Whitesides

doi:10.1002/adma.201401642

Using "click-e-bricks" to make 3D elastomeric structures

Adv Mater. 2014 Sep 10;26(34):5991-9. doi: 10.1002/adma.201401642. Epub 2014 Jul 30.

Authors

Stephen A Morin¹, Yanina Shevchenko, Joshua Lessing, Sen Wai Kwok, Robert F Shepherd, Adam A Stokes, George M Whitesides

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.

PMID: 25080193
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201401642

Abstract

Soft, 3D elastomeric structures and composite structures are easy to fabricate using click-e-bricks, and the internal architecture of these structures together with the capabilities built into the bricks themselves provide mechanical, optical, electrical, and fluidic functions.

Keywords: 3D printing; digital manufacturing; soft actuators; soft machines; soft robots.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.