Fabrication and Characterization Biomimetic Micro Actuators Using Ferrofluid-Silicone Composite Cantilevers
| Autor: | Priam V. Pillai, Shridhar Sampatrao Deshmukh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0209 industrial biotechnology
Ferrofluid Cantilever Fabrication Materials science Composite number Nanotechnology 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Characterization (materials science) chemistry.chemical_compound 020901 industrial engineering & automation Silicone chemistry 0210 nano-technology Actuator |
| Zdroj: | Nano Hybrids and Composites. 30:79-86 |
| ISSN: | 2297-3400 |
| DOI: | 10.4028/www.scientific.net/nhc.30.79 |
| Popis: | In this paper we have developed a simple and inexpensive method to fabricate cilia-like silicone rubber-ferrofluid composite cantilever beams. The technique described can generate highly reproducible arrays of these microcantilevers ranging from 1 mm to 0.4 mm in diameter. We use a laser cutter to create moulds for the cantilevers making it a low cost and reliable process. The iron particles from the ferrofluid can uniformly dispersed, randomly arranged or isolated on the tip of the cantilever. Cantilevers with 400 μm diameter and up to 10 mm length are tested with low magnetic field of 15mT. We obtained maximum deflection of 82.5o at 44 mT magnetic field. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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