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Tough Bonding of Liquid Metal-Elastomer Composites for Multifunctional Adhesives
Challenges: The rapid advancement of electronics, thermal management systems, and flexible devices has heightened the demand for innovative materials that combine mechanical flexibility with efficient thermal conductivity. Liquid metal-elastomer composites have emerged as promising candidates in this field due to their unique ability to provide both...
Published: 12/17/2024   |   Inventor(s): Michael Bartlett, Dohgyu Hwang, Edward Barron III, Tyler Pozarycki
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials
Morphing Drone Through Shape Change for Multimodal Vehicles
THE CHALLENGE: The field of robotics has seen significant advancements in unmanned vehicles for various applications, including search and rescue, environmental monitoring, and transportation. These diverse applications often require vehicles to operate in complex environments with varying terrains, necessitating adaptable locomotion capabilities....
Published: 11/12/2024   |   Inventor(s): Michael Bartlett, Brittan Wilcox
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Robotics
Increased Control Over Additive Manufacturing of Functional Emulsions
THE CHALLENGE Functional emulsions are an emerging material architecture that can be cured into an elastomer composite with embedded liquid phase fillers. Techniques to control local composite microstructures and material composition in emulsions, which ultimately govern material properties and performance of the cured elastomer composite, are lacking. OUR...
Published: 10/6/2023   |   Inventor(s): Michael Bartlett, Ravi Tej Anand Tutika, Gwyneth Schloer, Eric Markvicka, Aaron Haake
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Additive Manufacturing, EXPERIMENT--DO NOT USE