Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Programmable soft materials containing ferromagnetic domains and methods of making
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Application No.: US16374267Application Date: 2019-04-03
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Publication No.: US11364658B2Publication Date: 2022-06-21
- Inventor: Yoonho Kim , Xuanhe Zhao , Hyunwoo Yuk
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA
- Agent Peter A. Nieves
- Main IPC: B29B11/00
- IPC: B29B11/00 ; H01F7/00 ; H01F13/00 ; B29B11/10 ; H01F7/04 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y70/10

Abstract:
A responsive material having an elastomeric matrix in which ferromagnetic particles are dispersed so as to have a predetermined magnetization pattern which, when exposed to an external magnetic field, changes the shape of the responsive material from an initial shape to a predetermined transformed shape dictated by the magnetization pattern. An initial shape of the responsive material is formed by direct ink printing while applying magnetic fields to a dispensing nozzle to align the particles and gives rise to the desired magnetization pattern.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200223099A1 PROGRAMMABLE SOFT MATERIALS CONTAINING FERROMAGNETIC DOMAINS AND METHODS OF MAKING Public/Granted day:2020-07-16
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