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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2018
The Trustees of Columbia University IN the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Kenneth William Stack, New York, NY (US);
Aslan Miriyev, New York, NY (US);
Hod Lipson, New York, NY (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are devices, systems, apparatuses, methods, products, and other implementations of vapor pressure solids. In some embodiments, a vapor pressure solid may include a one- or multi-component matrix material. In some embodiments, the multi-components matrix material is a two-part PDMS comprising a first and second matrix material. The first matrix material is capable of being mixed with one or more vaporizable fluids that causes the first matrix material to swell. The second matrix material is capable of being mixed with the swelled first matrix material to produce an actuating material. When the actuating material is heated, the one or more vaporizable fluids expand, resulting in vapors. The increased pressure applied by the vapors causes the actuating material to expand.