Abstract: With advances in technology, hyperelastic materials are seeing use in varied applications ranging from microfluidic pumps, artificial muscles to deformable robots. Development of such complex devices is leading to increased ...

Abstract: Robustness is a highly desirable quality in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Sensors and resonators operating on nonlinear dynamic principles such as internal resonances are no exception to this, and in addition, ...

Abstract: Electrostriction is a recent actuation mechanism which is being explored for a variety of new micro- and millimeter scale devices along with macroscale applications such as artificial muscles. The general characteristics ...