Composites of functional polymers: Toward physical intelligence using flexible and soft materials

Ford, Michael J.; Ohm, Yunsik; Chin, Keene; Majidi, Carmel

doi:10.1557/s43578-021-00381-5

Title: Composites of functional polymers: Toward physical intelligence using flexible and soft materials

Journal Article · 18 October 2021 · Journal of Materials Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-021-00381-5 · OSTI ID:1826387

; Ohm, Yunsik; Chin, Keene; Majidi, Carmel

Abstract Materials that can assist with perception and responsivity of an engineered machine are said to promote physical intelligence. Physical intelligence may be important for flexible and soft materials that will be used in applications like soft robotics, wearable computers, and healthcare. These applications require stimuli responsivity, sensing, and actuation that allow a machine to perceive and react to its environment. The development of materials that exhibit some form of physical intelligence has relied on functional polymers and composites that contain these polymers. This review will focus on composites of functional polymers that display physical intelligence by assisting with perception, responsivity, or by off-loading computation. Composites of liquid crystal elastomers, shape-memory polymers, hydrogels, self-healing materials, and transient materials and their functionalities are examined with a viewpoint that considers physical intelligence. Graphic Abstract

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1826387

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-824049; PII: 381

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Research, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Research Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 37; ISSN 0884-2914

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press (CUP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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