Hard-magnetic soft materials are a class of magnetically responsive composites obtained by
embedding hard-magnetic particles into a soft polymeric matrix. They have found …

Mechanical instabilities, especially in the form of bistable and multistable mechanisms, have
recently garnered a lot of interest as a mode of improving the capabilities and increasing the …

Hard-magnetic soft materials (hMSMs) are smart composites that consist of a mechanically
soft polymer matrix impregnated with mechanically hard magnetic filler particles. This dual …

Hard-magnetic soft materials comprising a soft matrix embedded with hard-magnetic
particles can exhibit large deformations under external magnetic fields, which have attracted …

Hard-magnetic soft-elastomeric materials show great potential for use in applications where
the ability of remote actuation, together with high-flexibility and low-weight are important …

Mechanical bistable structures have two stable equilibria and can transit between them
under external stimuli. Due to their unique behaviors such as snap-through and substantial …

Structural instabilities can be used to provide rapid responses activated by mechanical force
or displacement thresholds. The emergence of responsive materials has opened the door …

Snap-through buckling of bistable structures is a classic topic in mechanics which has been
widely studied and applied in various fields such as mechanical meta-materials and soft …

As soft robotic systems grow in complexity and functionality, the size and stiffness of the
needed control hardware severely limits their application potential. Alternatively …

A design concept is proposed for the building block, a dot, of programmable braille readers
utilizing bistable shell buckling, magnetic actuation, and pneumatic loading. The design …