Abstract
In this paper, a fabrication method for a hybrid structure of the poly-N-Isopropylacrylamide (pNIPAAm) gel as a soft material and the SU-8 as a solid material is proposed. This pNIPAAm-SU8 hybrid structure can be applied to various applications such as gel actuators. These hybrid structures have a serious problem that it is easily broken by the difference of swelling rate. Our proposed hybrid structure was not broken though repeating swelling-shrinking states for 10 or more times. A small displacement of the gel is occurred by the phase transition, then it is magnified by combining with the SU-8 solid structure. We demonstrated that the expanded tip displacement of the SU-8 solid structure reached 145μm.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 1082-1085 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 2015-February |
| Edition | February |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 Feb 26 |
| Event | 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015 - Estoril, Portugal Duration: 2015 Jan 18 → 2015 Jan 22 |
Other
| Other | 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015 |
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| Country | Portugal |
| City | Estoril |
| Period | 15/1/18 → 15/1/22 |
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- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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Displacement magnification of gel actuator using pNIPAAm-SU8 hybrid structure. / Kogure, Takanobu; Okada, Ryoya; Maeda, Shingo; Nagasawa, Sumito.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Vol. 2015-February February. ed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. p. 1082-1085 7051151.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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AU - Kogure, Takanobu
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PY - 2015/2/26
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N2 - In this paper, a fabrication method for a hybrid structure of the poly-N-Isopropylacrylamide (pNIPAAm) gel as a soft material and the SU-8 as a solid material is proposed. This pNIPAAm-SU8 hybrid structure can be applied to various applications such as gel actuators. These hybrid structures have a serious problem that it is easily broken by the difference of swelling rate. Our proposed hybrid structure was not broken though repeating swelling-shrinking states for 10 or more times. A small displacement of the gel is occurred by the phase transition, then it is magnified by combining with the SU-8 solid structure. We demonstrated that the expanded tip displacement of the SU-8 solid structure reached 145μm.
AB - In this paper, a fabrication method for a hybrid structure of the poly-N-Isopropylacrylamide (pNIPAAm) gel as a soft material and the SU-8 as a solid material is proposed. This pNIPAAm-SU8 hybrid structure can be applied to various applications such as gel actuators. These hybrid structures have a serious problem that it is easily broken by the difference of swelling rate. Our proposed hybrid structure was not broken though repeating swelling-shrinking states for 10 or more times. A small displacement of the gel is occurred by the phase transition, then it is magnified by combining with the SU-8 solid structure. We demonstrated that the expanded tip displacement of the SU-8 solid structure reached 145μm.
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U2 - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7051151
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