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Symposium: S19 - Special Symposium: Microtechnology and smart materials
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Characterization of Origami Shape Memory Metamaterials (SMMM) Made of Bio Compatible Polymers

Kshad Mohamed Ali (1), Naguib Hani (1)*

(1) University of Toronto - Ontario - Canada

Shape memory materials (SMM) are materials that can return mechanically induced strains by external stimuli. Shape memory polymers (SMP) are a class of SMM that shown a high shape recoverability. In this paper, we present the shape memory effect on origami based metamaterials, the study shows experimental investigations of shape memory metamaterial (SMMM) made of SMP that can be used in different applications such as medicine, robotics, and lightweight structures. The origami structure made from SMP blends, activated with uniform heating. The study mainly focuses on the origami metamaterials that have negative Poisson’s ratio. The effect of blend composition on the shape memory behavior was studied. Also the influence of the thermomechanical and the viscoelastic properties of the unit cell on the folding and unfolding process have been discussed, creep strain and creep recovery strain were investigated. Activation and deactivation of the unit cell has been demonstrated.