Switchable Adhesion: On‐Demand Bonding and Debonding
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DOI: 10.1002/advs.202200264
Abstract: Adhesives have a long and illustrious history throughout human history. The development of synthetic polymers has highly improved adhesions in terms of their strength and environmental tolerance. As soft robotics, flexible electronics, and intelligent gadgets… read more here.
Keywords: adhesion; bonding debonding; demand bonding; switchable adhesion ... See more keywords
Switchable adhesion of soft composites induced by a magnetic field.
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DOI: 10.1039/d0sm00626b
Abstract: Switchable adhesives have the potential to improve the manufacturing and recycling of parts, and to enable new modes of motility for soft robots. Here, we demonstrate magnetically-switchable adhesion of a two-phase composite to non-magnetic objects.… read more here.
Keywords: adhesion soft; field; soft composites; magnetic field ... See more keywords