Magnet-Driven Soft Bistable Actuator

Untethered repetitive snapping

A dome-shaped actuator unit made of PDMS and NdFeB microparticles that autonomously achieves repeatable bistable snapping under an external magnetic field, free of external constraints.

Zhou, Chen · Kong, Shangcheng · He, Yunhu · Shiting, Chen · Wanying, Wang · Jin, Lihan · Shun, Zhang · Ying, Hong · Pan, Lulu · Wu, Haikun · Youneng, Xie · Linghu, Changhong · Mao, Zhengyi · Zhengbao, Yang · Chi Hou, Chan · Jizhou, Song · Lu, Jian

Advanced Functional Materials 2024