Magnetic soft materials and robots

Y Kim, X Zhao - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In conventional classification, soft robots feature mechanical compliance as the main
distinguishing factor from traditional robots made of rigid materials. Recent advances in …

Multifunctional magnetic soft composites: A review

S Wu, W Hu, Q Ze, M Sitti, R Zhao - Multifunctional materials, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetically responsive soft materials are soft composites where magnetic fillers are
embedded into soft polymeric matrices. These active materials have attracted extensive …

Mechanics of hard-magnetic soft materials

R Zhao, Y Kim, SA Chester, P Sharma… - Journal of the Mechanics …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soft materials that can undergo rapid and large deformation through the remote and
wireless action of external stimuli offer a range of tantalizing applications such as soft robots …

A state-of-the-art review on magnetorheological elastomer devices

Y Li, J Li, W Li, H Du - Smart materials and structures, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
During the last few decades, magnetorheological (MR) elastomers have attracted a
significant amount of attention for their enormous potential in engineering applications …

An explicit dissipative model for isotropic hard magnetorheological elastomers

D Mukherjee, M Rambausek, K Danas - … of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hard magnetorheological elastomers (h-MREs) are essentially two phase composites
comprising permanently magnetizable metallic inclusions suspended in a soft elastomeric …

Topology optimization of soft compressible phononic laminates for widening the mechanically tunable band gaps

AK Sharma, MM Joglekar, DM Joglekar, Z Alam - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Active tuning of frequency bandgaps has received significant attention in the recent past. To
this end, soft compressible phononic composites have indicated great promise owing to their …

[HTML][HTML] Neural network-based multiscale modeling of finite strain magneto-elasticity with relaxed convexity criteria

KA Kalina, P Gebhart, J Brummund, L Linden… - Computer Methods in …, 2024 - Elsevier
We present a framework for the multiscale modeling of finite strain magneto-elasticity based
on physics-augmented neural networks (NNs). By using a set of problem specific invariants …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the viscohyperelastic response of soft magnetorheological elastomers: Competition of macrostructural versus microstructural players

S Lucarini, MA Moreno-Mateos, K Danas… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) are multifunctional composites that consist of an
elastomeric matrix filled with magnetic particles. These materials respond to an external …

Magnetorheological elastomer‐based materials and devices: state of the art and future perspectives

AG Díez, CR Tubio, JG Etxebarria… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetorheological elastomers based on the combination of a polymeric matrix with
magnetic fillers allow the possibility of controlling their mechanical properties when an …

A numerical study on magnetostrictive phenomena in magnetorheological elastomers

P Metsch, KA Kalina, C Spieler, M Kästner - Computational Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Herein, we present an investigation on magnetostrictive phenomena in magnetorheological
elastomers. By using a continuum approach, constitutive as well as geometric properties on …