3D Printing of Double Network Granular Elastomers with Locally Varying Mechanical Properties
Eva Baur,
Benjamin Tiberghien,
Esther Amstad
Abstract:Fast advances in the design of soft actuators and robots demand for new soft materials whose mechanical properties can be changed over short length scales. Elastomers can be formulated as highly stretchable or rather stiff materials and hence, are attractive for these applications. They are most frequently casted such that their composition cannot be changed over short length scales. A method that allows to locally change the composition of elastomers on hundreds of micrometer lengths scales is direct ink writ… Show more
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