3D-Printed Autonomous Sensory Composites
Publication
Advanced Materials Technologies (selected as back cover image)
Authors
Subramanian Sundaram, Ziwen Jiang, Pitchaya Sitthi-Amorn, David S. Kim, Marc A. Baldo, Wojciech Matusik
Abstract
A method for 3D-printing autonomous sensory composites requiring no external processing is presented. The composite operates at 1.5 V, locally performs active signal transduction with embedded electrical gain, and responds to stimuli, reversibly transducing mechanical strain into a transparency change. Digital assembly of spatially tailored solids and thin films, with encapsulated liquids, provides a route for realizing complex autonomous systems.
Paper
autonomous-sensory-composites.pdf
Project Website
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/admt.201600257/abstract