Bending, jumping, and self-healing crystals

Panče Naumov, Stanislav Chizhik, Patrick Commins, Elena Boldyreva

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Abstract

Crystal adaptronics - study of dynamic crystals that exhibit macroscopic motion in response to heat, light, and other stimuli - has grown to be a vibrant research field in the past two decades, even though the first examples of such systems were documented since the 1980s. The reason can be sought in the prospects for numerous applications of such materials as microscopic crystalline switches that range from wearable electronics to biomedical sciences and practice. The mechanical responses include motility such as displacement, jumping, and even explosion, and reshaping such as bending, curling, twisting, or coiling. It has been demonstrated recently that some of these effects occur in a predictable manner that can be described mathematically. In this chapter we present a simplified summary of mathematical interpretation of crystal bending, the simplest of these well-explored effects. We also highlight new directions in this research field, such as studies of salient and self-healing crystals, which are documented but much less understood than the bending crystals.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMechanically Responsive Materials for Soft Robotics
PublisherWiley
Pages105-138
Number of pages34
ISBN (Electronic)9783527822195
ISBN (Print)9783527346202
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 19 2019

Keywords

  • Crystal adaptronics
  • Dynamic crystals
  • Mechanical properties
  • Photomechanical effects
  • Photosalient effect
  • Self-healing
  • Thermosalient effect

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • General Materials Science

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