Self-folding with shape memory composites
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Origami-inspired manufacturing can produce complex structures and machines by folding two-dimensional composites into three-dimensional structures. This fabrication technique is potentially less expensive, faster, and easier to transport than more traditional machining methods, including 3-D printing. Self-folding enhances this method by minimizing the manual labor involved in folding, allowing for complex geometries and enabling remote or automated assembly. This paper demonstrates a novel method of self-folding hinges using shape memory polymers (SMPs), paper, and resistive circuits to achieve localized and individually addressable folding at low cost. A model for the torque exerted by these composites was developed and validated against experimental data, in order to determine design rules for selecting materials and designing hinges. Torque was shown to increase with SMP thickness, resistive circuit width, and supplied electrical current. This technique was shown to be capable of complex geometries, as well as locking assemblies with sequential folds. Its functionality and low cost make it an ideal basis for a new type of printable manufacturing based on two-dimensional fabrication techniques.
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Equation (7) provides a basic guideline for how many more patterns become available if the actuation energy Eactuation is raised or if the energy of uncontrolled processes Enoise is lowered.
“Equation (7) thus provides a basic guideline for how many more patterns become available if the actuation energy Eactuation is raised, say, at the cost of higher power input26 or if the energy of uncontrolled processes Enoise is lowered.”
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- Authors
- Felton, S. M., Tolley, M. T., Shin, B., Onal, C. D., Demaine, E. D., Rus, D., & Wood, R. J.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Felton, Samuel M.
- Venue
- Soft Matter
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2013
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 32
- Pages
- 7688
- ISSN
- 1744-683X (ISSN-L)
- 1744-6848
- OpenAlex
- W2127694416
- Cited by
- 269
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 29 · 2014: 22 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 32.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-sa
- Locations
- Soft Matter (publishedVersion)
- DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Advanced Materials and Mechanics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Dielectric materials and actuators
- Keywords
- self-folding, shape memory polymers, hinge, paper composites, resistive circuits, torque modeling, foldable electronics, additive manufacturing
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