Adding Muscle to a Smart Material (IMAGE)

Iowa State University

Adding Muscle to a Smart Material

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Examples of the new smart material, left to right: A flexible strip; a flexible strip that stiffened when twisted; a flexible strip transformed into a hard composite that can hold up a weight.

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Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University

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