Electroactive polymer actuators and arrays for adjustable breathability in confined building structures (C03)

该子项目的核心研究课题是开发电活性聚合物的新制造和集成技术。这些柔性元件通常被称为“EAP”或“人造肌肉”，可应用于结构化致动器阵列中，充当自适应建筑结构中具有可调节透气性的表面。它们可以用作封闭建筑物内的通风和湿度调节手段，并使用户能够重新控制个人舒适度要求。该项目的主要挑战是将EAP的内在微观特性可重复地转移到变形表面的宏观系统中。这种具有通过创新的制造方法优化的独特致动机构的柔性和轻质致动器阵列可以用于多种目标应用。IFF有着将技术创新转移到制造领域的悠久传统，专注于材料合成，功能化，分散技术，增材制造和涂层技术。

The essential research topic in the subproject is to develop new manufacturing and integration techniques for electroactive polymers. Often referred to as 'EAPs' or 'artificial muscles', these flexible elements could be applied in structured actuator arrays acting as surfaces with adjustable breathability in adaptive building structures. They could be used as a means of ventilation and humidity regulation inside enclosed buildings and empower users to regain control over individual comfort requirements. The main challenge in this project is to reproducibly transfer the intrinsic microscopic properties of EAPs to macroscopic systems of shape-shifting surfaces. Such flexible and lightweight actuator arrays with their distinct actuation mechanisms optimized through innovative manufacturing methods could be used in manifold target applications. IFF has a long tradition of transferring technological innovations into the realm of manufacturing and focuses on material synthesis, functionalization, dispersion technology, additive manufacturing and coating technologies.