Mechanoactive materials and uses thereof
AssigneeKNOTHE TATE, Melissa
InventorMelissa Knothe Tate
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Abstract
A mechanoactive material includes a composite textile that includes a textile substrate formed from a plurality of fibers assembled in a fiber assembly pattern and a material deposited via an additive manufacturing technique onto and/or between the fibers of the textile substrate based on an additive manufacturing pattern. The composite textile includes at least one prestress and/or residual stress and/or exhibits a change in at least one mechanical property, material property, or structure in response to at least one endogenous and/or exogenous stimulus.
Claims27
1-26. (canceled)
A method of forming a mechanoactive material, the method comprising:
- assembling a plurality of fibers based on a fiber assembly pattern into a textile substrate;
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- depositing a material via an additive manufacturing technique onto and/or between fibers of the textile substrate based on an additive manufacturing pattern to provide a composite textile that includes at least one prestress and/or residual stress and/or exhibits a change in at least one mechanical property, material property, or structure in response to at least one endogenous and/or exogenous stimulus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.