Imperial College London
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Prof Ambrose Taylor

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Materials Engineering
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 7149a.c.taylor Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Valerie Crawford +44 (0)20 7594 7083

 
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Location

 

515City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Wang:2023:10.1126/sciadv.adf4051,
author = {Wang, D and Hu, H and Li, S and Tian, H and Fan, W and Li, X and Chen, X and Taylor, AC and Shao, J},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.adf4051},
journal = {Science Advances},
pages = {1--12},
title = {Sensing-triggered stiffness-tunable smart adhesives},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf4051},
volume = {9},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Artificial dry adhesives have exhibited great potential in the field of robotics. However, there is still a wide gap between bioinspired adhesives and living tissues, especially regarding the surface adaptability and switching ability of attachment/detachment. Here, we propose a sensing-triggered stiffness-tunable smart adhesive material, combining the functions of muscle tissues and sensing nerves rather than traditional biomimetic adhesive strategy that only focuses on structural geometry. Authorized by real-time perception of the interface contact state, conformal contact, shape locking, and active releasing are achieved by adjusting the stiffness based on the magnetorheological effect. Because of the fast switching of the magnetic field, a millisecond-level attachment/detachment response is successfully achieved, breaking the bottleneck of adhesive materials for high-speed manipulation. The innovative design can be applied to any toe's surface structure, opening up a previously unknown avenue for the development of adhesive materials.
AU  - Wang,D
AU  - Hu,H
AU  - Li,S
AU  - Tian,H
AU  - Fan,W
AU  - Li,X
AU  - Chen,X
AU  - Taylor,AC
AU  - Shao,J
DO  - 10.1126/sciadv.adf4051
EP  - 12
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 2375-2548
SP  - 1
TI  - Sensing-triggered stiffness-tunable smart adhesives
T2  - Science Advances
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf4051
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36921055
UR  - https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf4051
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/106543
VL  - 9
ER  -
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