Descrizione del progetto
I materiali magnetoattivi ad alte prestazioni assumono nuove funzioni
I materiali magnetoattivi morbidi possono modificare la loro forma in risposta ad uno stimolo magnetico. La loro riconfigurabilità li rende molto interessanti per l’uso in una vasta gamma di applicazioni, dai dispositivi di raccolta dell’energia ai dispositivi di attenuazione del rumore e delle vibrazioni, fino alla robotica soft. Spinto dalle loro potenzialità, il progetto MAGIC, finanziato dall’UE, mira a rivoluzionare la progettazione di materiali magnetoattivi di morphing per funzionalità uniche. A tal fine, i ricercatori svilupperanno modelli teorici e computazionali multiscala per rivelare l’impatto di microstrutture altamente ordinate sulle prestazioni magnetomeccaniche del materiale. I risultati del progetto dovrebbero far luce sui meccanismi di instabilità che queste microstrutture causano e far progredire in modo significativo la ricerca più avanzata sulla materia morbida riconfigurabile.
Obiettivo
Soft magnetoactive materials can change their properties and undergo extremely large deformations when excited by magnetic stimuli. These reconfigurable soft materials hold great potential for a large variety of applications from sensing devices to energy harvesting, noise and vibration mitigation, and soft robotics. However, these materials operate at high magnetic fields, thus, limiting potential application of the technology. A promising approach to significantly enhance the magnetomechanical performance, and reduce the required magnetic field, is to design soft magnetoactive composites through architectured microstructures. Highly ordered microstructures are an origin for multiscale magnetomechanical instabilities and possible failure of the materials. In this research proposal, we directly address this crucial aspect for MAE-based technology. Moreover, we declare an ambitious goal: Turning failure into functionalities.
Our strategy is to take the risk of operating MAEs in the unstable regime with predesigned instability developments. This novel MAE design concept will capitalize on controllable cascade microstructure transformations while attempting to avoid catastrophic failure. If successful, this concept will open a new avenue in design of morphing magnetoactive materials with new functionalities and superior performance. To achieve this ambitious goal, we will develop multiscale theoretical and computational frameworks to reveal and to predict the behavior of possible advantageous microstructures in the extreme regimes. If successful, we will fill the gap in magnetomechanical multiscale instability phenomena, and will significantly advance the frontier of knowledge about the reconfigurable soft matter. We will probe our ideas experimentally, and will fabricate the revealed advantageous materials with engineered microstructures and properties. We envision revealing the fundamental multiphysics mechanisms of the multiscale magnetomechanical instabilities.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- natural sciencesphysical sciencescondensed matter physicssoft matter physics
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticssoft robotics
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputational sciencemultiphysics
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Meccanismo di finanziamento
ERC-STG - Starting GrantIstituzione ospitante
H91 Galway
Irlanda