 (Photo credits to various collaborators at Harvard and NUS)
Research on soft active materials
Videos Some representative simulations of dielectric elastomers by Soft Matter Group at A*STAR IHPC:
News elsewhere
Our NUS collaborators' work on soft robots inspired by origami and inchworms are featured in the news! Delighted for Jian Zhu and his group, and honoured to be involved in their projects. 19.06.17 | Reuters Feature & (0:35 to 1:10 in this video) ICRA Soft Material Robot Challenge was held in Singapore from 30 May to 31 May. The “Origami Robot” developed by our NUS collaborators, led by Asst. Prof. Jian Zhu, won the third place in the Soft Component Technology Showcase. 02.06.17 | Link We report an analysis of laterally-constrained actuators in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 10.05.17 | Link Dynamic pattern of wrinkles in a dielectric elastomer We combine experiments, modeling, and simulation to show dynamic pattern of wrinkles in a dielectric elastomer. Our work is published in Soft Matter. 22.03.17 | LinkDesign tool beefs up artificial muscles Our work on viscoelastic dielectric elastomers is featured on A*STAR Research. 29.06.16 | Link A gel that is clearly revolutionary Our work on stretchable ionics is featured on A*STAR Research. 22.01.14 | Link Transparent gel speaker plays music through the magic of ionic conduction. 30.08.13 | Reported on Engadget. Bio-inspired speaker uses clear gel to play music. 29.08.13 | Reported on New Scientist. This “ionic” speaker is stretchable, see-through and mind-blowing 29.08.13 | Reported on Gizmodo. Transparent artificial muscle plays Grieg to prove a point Gel-based audio speaker demonstrates capabilities of ionic conductors, long thought limited in application. 29.08.13 | Harvard SEAS release |