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15 - General Engineering
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Low-Voltage Switching of Crease Patterns on Hydrogel Surfaces
This paper establishes the electro-controlling instabilities on polymer surfaces with potential for new microfludic bio-devices. This work is supported by US National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research (grants DMR-0747756, $482k and DMR-0820506, $10M), the Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation division (CMMI-1025020) and Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences division (BBS 8714235). The progress has been reported at American Physical Society March 2013 meeting (Baltimore), 2012 MRS Fall meeting (Boston,US) and NEWMECH 2012 (Brown University, US). This work led to a Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) (£25k, 2013.08-2014.07) at Northumbria to develop bio-micro-fluidic device based on this smart structure.