Design, Fabrication and Application of Self-spiraling Pattern-driven 4D-printed Actuator

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2022 Nov 7

PMID 36344729

Authors

Siyuan Zeng

Yicong Gao

Hao Qiu

Junjun Xu

Jianrong Tan

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Abstract

Self-spiraling actuators are widely found in nature and have high research and actuator-application value in self-lock and self-assembly. Four-dimensional (4D) printing is a new generation additive manufacturing of smart materials and has shown great potential for the fabrication of multi-functional and customized structures. The microarchitecture design of a bilayer actuator could bring flexible and diversified self-spiraling behaviors and more possibilities for practical application by combing 4D printing. This work investigates the stimuli effects of fiber patterns and fabrication parameters on self-spiraling behaviors of the bilayer actuator via both experimental and theoretical methods. This work may potentially provide pattern design guidance for 4D-printed self-spiraling actuators to meet different application requirements.

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