Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are able to achieve large deformation and high actuation force
when using a unimorph configuration and a silicon composite anode. Distribution of charge …

Silicon-anode based lithium-ion batteries can provide large actuation strain and actuator
strain energy through their novel electrochemical actuation mechanism. Battery actuators …

A self-powered, and self-actuating lithium ion battery (LIB) has the potential to achieve large
deformation while still maintaining actuation force. The energy storage capability allows for …

Silicon composite anode-based lithium ion battery actuators have strong potential for large
actuation strain, complex shape change, and large compliance tunability. This allows for …

An increasing range of engineering applications require soft grippers, which use compliant
mechanisms instead of stiff components to achieve grasping action, have high …

This dissertation focuses on developing predictive models of the folding performance of
multifield responsive structures and optimizing these structures based on design objectives …

Lithium ion batteries (LIB) are able to achieve large deformation and high actuation force
when using a unimorph configuration and a silicon composite anode. Distribution of charge …

Silicon anodes have been demonstrated to provide significant actuation in addition to
energy storage in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). This work studies the optimization of 1D …