Thermomechanical actuators properties

Generally, the chemical and physical properties of most engineering materials vary with temperature. The (Mily difference hes in the degree to which the property changes with temperature. Among all the properties, the material shape change with temperature has mostly been used for the development of thermomechanical microvalves. The detailed mechanisms of thermomechanical microvalves will be discussed below. Briefly, the deformation of the material shape causes an actuation force, which can be used to induce mechanical actions through... [Pg.3289]

TABLE 16.2 Comparison between Two Mechanical Properties of Different Actuating Materials Skeletal Muscles, Thermomechanical (Thermal Liquid Crystals and Thermal Shape Memory Alloys), Electrochemomechanical (Conducting Polymers and Carbon Nanotubes) and Electromechanical (Ionic Polymer Metal Composites, Field Driven Liquid Crystal Elastomers, Dielectric Elastomers)... [Pg.1671]

Mraitazami R, Spillmann CM, Naciri J, Rama BR (2012) Enhanced thermomechanical properties of a nematic liquid crystal elastomer doped with gold nanoparticles. Sens Actuators A Phys 178 175-178... [Pg.531]

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