ERC Consolidator Grant · 2021
Electrical Modulation of Elastic Moduli
How could a textile change its feel upon the push of a button? While we are accustomed to visual displays and loudspeakers, interactive tactile perception largely eludes our experience. Electronic textiles that change their pliability and texture would allow for communication using our sense of touch. Potential applications abound, from human-machine interfaces for robotics to new forms of virtual reality. To facilitate such a tuneable mechanical response, materials are needed whose stiffness can be switched electrically. This project will use conjugated polymers to realise materials that can be electrically switched between soft and hard. Conjugated polymers can be anything from…
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