ROBUST ELECTRODES FOR SHAPE MEMORY FILMS

ROBUST ELECTRODES FOR SHAPE MEMORY FILMS

An apparatus (e.g. a shape memory device) that includes a nano-particle layer, a linking agent layer, and a shape memory layer. An electrode for heating shape memory material during shape transitions of the shape memory layer may include the nano-particle layer and the linking agent layer. The nano-...

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Hauptverfasser: BARANAUSKAS, III VICTOR VINCENT, BUSH LACY MAXWELL, BORTNER MICHAEL JEREMIAH, LALLI JENNIFER HOYT, CLAUS RICHARD OTTO, HARRISON WILLIAM LAMONT
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Sprache:eng
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LAYERED PRODUCTS
LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus (e.g. a shape memory device) that includes a nano-particle layer, a linking agent layer, and a shape memory layer. An electrode for heating shape memory material during shape transitions of the shape memory layer may include the nano-particle layer and the linking agent layer. The nano-particle layer may include conductive nano-size particles (e.g. gold clusters having a diameter less than 100 nanometers or less than 50 nanometers). The electrode may be substantially resilient to deformation of the shape memory material due to individual bonding of individual particles of the nano-particle layer to the shape memory layer and/or the linking agent layer.