Stimuli responsive materials that change their shape.
Stimuli responsive materials are low-cost smart materials that change their shape as a function of temperature. They act similar to shape memory materials and they have developed with the purpose to replace shape memory polymers.
We control the bending or twisting mode through the anisotropic thermo-mechanical properties of the material. Possible applications can be found in thermal control for Space sector, soft actuators and robotics.
Smart surfaces that change the shape of their patterns.
