Good reactions for low-power shape-memory microactuators

Sci Robot. 2021 Mar 17;6(52):eabh1560. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.abh1560.

Authors

Mostafa Omar¹, Bohan Sun¹, Sung Hoon Kang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. shkang@jhu.edu.

PMID: 34043555
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abh1560

Abstract

Microscale programmable shape-memory actuators based on reversible electrochemical reactions can provide exciting opportunities for microrobotics.

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