Fast, light-responsive, metal-like polymer actuators generating high stresses at low strain

Verpaalen, Rob C.P.; Varghese, Shaji; Froyen, Arne; Pilz da Cunha, Marina; Pouderoijen, Maarten J.; Severn, John R.; Bhatti, Muhammad R.; Peijs, Ton; Bastiaansen, Cees W.M.; Debije, Michael G.; Engels, Tom A.P.; Schenning, Albertus P.H.J.

doi:10.1016/j.matt.2020.03.001

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IT-oriented infrastructural development, urban co-dependencies, and the reconfiguration of everyday politics in Pune, India (2020)
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Existing scholarship on postcolonial urbanisms has judiciously analysed the role played by the state and private capital in the expansion of global information-technology clusters and exclusive high-tech knowledge enclaves that have emerged across di... Read More about IT-oriented infrastructural development, urban co-dependencies, and the reconfiguration of everyday politics in Pune, India.

Da–Sein Dwellings: An exploration into the meaningful aspects of home and its relationship to human needs (2020)
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The act of dwelling is a primal creation of meaningful place and something that every human strives to achieve (Seamon and Mugerauer, 1985), and as such the home ''is very charged with meaning because it is closely involved with the most intimate asp... Read More about Da–Sein Dwellings: An exploration into the meaningful aspects of home and its relationship to human needs.

Understanding Urban Cycling: Exploring the Relationship Between Mobility, Sustainability and Capital (2020)
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Academic interest in cycling has burgeoned in recent years with significant literature relating to the health and environmental benefits of cycling, the necessity for cycle-specific infrastructure, and the embodied experiences of cycling.

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Sunlight (2020)
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A film about the work, research and approach of Gianni Botsford

Implications of density bonus tool for urban planning: relaxing floor area ratio (FAR) regulations in Tehran (2020)
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This article, by using empirical evidence from Tehran, looks beyond the West to explore the implications of the reliance of the entrepreneurial local government on private capital for the urban planning system. The main premise of this paper is that... Read More about Implications of density bonus tool for urban planning: relaxing floor area ratio (FAR) regulations in Tehran.

Hope in hell (2020)
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Photo-thermal actuation of ultra-drawn high-density polyethylene (2020)
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In this work, the photo-actuation of melt-processed ultra-drawn films based on high-density polyethylene (HDPE), incorporating a light-responsive additive (2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-ditertpentylphenol, BZT), is presented. These oriented films exhi... Read More about Photo-thermal actuation of ultra-drawn high-density polyethylene.

Ultra-high actuation stress polymer actuators as light-driven artificial muscles (2020)
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Remotely addressable actuators are of great interest in fields like microrobotics and smart textiles because of their simplicity, integrity, flexibility, and lightweight. However, most of the existing actuator systems are composed of complex assembli... Read More about Ultra-high actuation stress polymer actuators as light-driven artificial muscles.

Fast, light-responsive, metal-like polymer actuators generating high stresses at low strain (2020)
Journal Article

Producing lightweight polymeric actuators able to generate high stresses typical of hard metals and/or ceramics remains challenging. The photo-mechanical responses of ultra-drawn ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) actuators containing... Read More about Fast, light-responsive, metal-like polymer actuators generating high stresses at low strain.