Issue 40, 2017

Heat-controlled micropillar array device for microsystems technology

Abstract

A new temperature-controlled smart soft material micropillar array has been fabricated via in situ integration of the liquid-crystalline elastomer-based component into the hybrid microdevice. Such design allows for developing pushing elements with fast lifetime values of ca. 5 s, and opens huge opportunities for the use of hybrid smart microdevices with total control on the actuation time/response, repeatability, stability and energy saving.

Graphical abstract: Heat-controlled micropillar array device for microsystems technology

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Thg7 2017
Accepted
18 Thg9 2017
First published
18 Thg9 2017

Soft Matter, 2017,13, 7264-7272

Heat-controlled micropillar array device for microsystems technology

N. Torras, M. Duque, C. J. Camargo, J. Esteve and A. Sánchez-Ferrer, Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 7264 DOI: 10.1039/C7SM01480E

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