ACME PRIN22
Crystal Engineering of ACentric and MEchanically responsive smart crystals
| Founding Body: | MUR |
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| Total grant: | € 47k * |
| Principal Investigator: | Roberto Centore (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) |
| Other participants: | Francis Allen Farrelly CNR-ISC, Università di Salerno, Università di Torino |
| Project duration: | 2023-2025 |
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Finanziato Dall’unione Europea – Next Generation EU – Piano Nazionale Di Ripresa E Resilienza (PNRR) – Missione 4 “Istruzione E Ricerca” – Componente C2 Investimento 1.1.”Fondo Per Il Programma Nazionale Di Ricerca E Progetti Di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN)
* importo finanziamento pari a 47.809,00 €
Abstract
Mechanically responsive crystals, also named dynamic crystals (DCs), can react to an external stimulus (heat, light) by a macroscopic motion, for example by jumping, twisting, bending, or reshaping. DCs are attracting growing interest due to their potential use as active elements in soft and lightweight actuators, with values of force-to-weight ratio comparable or even superior to some living creatures. This, coupled with their mechanical compliance, opens opportunities for their integration in simple soft devices for energy conversion/harvesting, or soft robots.Developing a machine learning (ML) approach for the prediction of mechanical responsiveness in crystals. The first step will be the preparation of a database of all the known crystals showing polymorphism with single-crystal-to-single crystal transitions, that will be featured with suitable descriptors for ML training.
