Smarter Actuator Design with Complementary and Synergetic Functions

Alexandre Khaldi; Cedric Plesse; Frederic Vidal; Stoyan K Smoukov

doi:10.1002/adma.201500209

Smarter Actuator Design with Complementary and Synergetic Functions

Adv Mater. 2015 Aug;27(30):4418-4422. doi: 10.1002/adma.201500209. Epub 2015 Jun 23.

Authors

Alexandre Khaldi¹, Cedric Plesse², Frederic Vidal², Stoyan K Smoukov¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.
² Département de Chimie, Université de Cergy Pontoise, 5 mail Gay Lussac, 95031, Cergy Cedex, France.

PMID: 26099951
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201500209

Abstract

A general synthetic strategy for multifunctional actuators is presented, by confining desired functions in separate domains of interpenetrating polymer network materials. Specifically, complementary ionic actuator and shape-memory functions are demonstrated by simultaneous, orthogonal reaction pathways. Synergistic effects also allow dynamic programming and two-way linear shape-memory actuation.

Keywords: interpenetrating networks; material design; multifunctional materials; orthogonal reactions; structure-function separation.