Bio-inspired wooden actuators for large scale applications.

Implementing programmable actuation into materials and structures is a major topic in the field of smart materials. In particular the bilayer principle has been employed to develop actuators that respond to various kinds of stimuli. A multitude of small scale applications down to micrometer size hav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Markus Rüggeberg, Ingo Burgert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4383548?pdf=render