Self-folding of thick polymer sheets using gradients of heat

Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Davis, Duncan ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Dickey, Michael D ^a   Genzer, Jan ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHEDRAL ANGLE; ESTERS; GLASS TRANSITION; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TEMPERATURE;

ASYMMETRIC HEATING; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); POLYCARBONATE SHEETS; SIMPLE GEOMETRIC MODELS; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

POLYMERS;

EID: 84963680443     PISSN: 19424302     EISSN: 19424310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4032209     Document Type: Article

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