Seminar

Date 2023-05-16 
Time 16:00 
Title Instability-driven multiscale mechanomaterials: from energy to robotics 

■ 제 목:  Instability-driven multiscale mechanomaterials: from energy to robotics

 

 연 사:  이원규 교수 (홍익대학교 신소재공학과)                 

 

■  일 시:  2023년 5월 16(화) 오후 4시 

 

■  장 소:  응용공학동 1층 영상강의실 

  

■ Host :  정연식 교수 

 

■ Abstract :    
Mechanical instabilities such as buckles, folds and cracks exist in nature and can span orders of magnitude in length scales, from kilometers to nanometers. In this seminar, I will show how to develop processing and computation tools to utilize multiscale instabilities in designing structured mechanomaterials (i.e., the metamaterials with programmable force-geometry-function relationships), in particular for two major fields: (1) micro- and nanoscale static mechanomaterials for renewable energy applications; and (2) mesoscale dynamic mechanomaterials for soft robots and machines with an autonomous control. For the section of (1), strain-enabled phase control of transition metal chalcogenides will be discussed following the strategy to use the designed materials in electrochemical water splitting. For (2), I will demonstrate the operation of mechanofluidic logic devices by system-level instabilities for electronics-free, autonomous control of soft robot locomotion.