Shape-memory effect in twisted ferroic nanocomposites

Donghoon Kim; Minsoo Kim; Steffen Reidt; Hyeon Han; Ali Baghizadeh; Peng Zeng; Hongsoo Choi; Josep Puigmartí-Luis; Morgan Trassin; Bradley J. Nelson; Xiang-Zhong Chen; Salvador Pané

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36274-w

Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Shape-memory effect in twisted ferroic nanocomposites

Donghoon Kim,
Minsoo Kim,
Steffen Reidt,
Hyeon Han,
Ali Baghizadeh,
Peng Zeng,
Hongsoo Choi,
Josep Puigmartí-Luis,
Morgan Trassin,
Bradley J. Nelson,
Xiang-Zhong Chen,
Salvador Pané

Affiliations

Donghoon Kim: Multi-Scale Robotics Lab, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich
Minsoo Kim: Multi-Scale Robotics Lab, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich
Steffen Reidt: IBM Research Zurich
Hyeon Han: Max Plank Institute of Microstructure Physics
Ali Baghizadeh: The Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy (ScopeM), ETH Zurich
Peng Zeng: The Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy (ScopeM), ETH Zurich
Hongsoo Choi: Department of Robotics & Mechatronics Engineering, DGIST-ETH Microrobotics Research Center, Daegu Gyeong-buk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
Josep Puigmartí-Luis: Departament de Ciència dels Materials i Química Física, Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional, University of Barcelona (UB)
Morgan Trassin: Department of Materials, ETH Zurich
Bradley J. Nelson: Multi-Scale Robotics Lab, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich
Xiang-Zhong Chen: Multi-Scale Robotics Lab, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich
Salvador Pané: Multi-Scale Robotics Lab, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36274-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Shape-memory materials are promising actuation sources for small-scale machines. The authors demonstrate that domain switching in twisted ferroic nanocomposites enables a giant shape-memory effect and superelasticity in the nanoscale structure.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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