Explores transduction through actuation mechanisms, covering force-based and deformation-based methods, shape memory polymers, electrostatic and magnetic actuation principles, and examples like Texas Instruments DLP & DMD.
Explores scaling laws, simulations, and challenges in electrostatic MEMS, focusing on energy density, capacitance, actuators, and practical applications in haptic gloves.
Explores scaling laws and applications of electrostatics in MEMS, covering topics like parallel plate capacitors, zipping actuators, and MEMS gyroscopes.
Explores autonomously moving and assembling soft matter systems, focusing on hydrogel actuators, latch-mediated spring actuation, and self-spinning filament bundles.