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- Patent Title: Adjustable deforming composite structure based on hydrogen-induced expansion effect and preparation method therefor
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Application No.: US17622820Application Date: 2020-12-08
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Publication No.: US11965493B2Publication Date: 2024-04-23
- Inventor: Chengshang Zhou , Yong Liu , Zhongyuan Duan
- Applicant: CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: CN Changsha
- Assignee: CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: CN Changsha
- Agency: Bayramoglu Law Offices LLC
- Priority: CN 1911282262.0 2019.12.13
- International Application: PCT/CN2020/134640 2020.12.08
- International Announcement: WO2021/115281A 2021.06.17
- Date entered country: 2021-12-26
- Main IPC: B32B15/01
- IPC: B32B15/01 ; F03G7/06 ; B33Y80/00

Abstract:
An adjustable deforming composite structure based on a hydrogen-induced expansion effect and a preparation method therefor are provided. The hydrogen-induced expansion effect means metals absorb hydrogen under a hydrogen-containing atmosphere and at a temperature to produce a volume expansion effect. Reactions between the metals and hydrogen are reversible reactions. When a hydrogen partial pressure is reduced or the temperature is increased, the hydrogen in the metals is removed, and the metals are restored to an original shape. Under a stimulation of external hydrogen and heat, a composite of a hydrogen-absorbing metal and other non-hydrogen-absorbing materials undergo an adjustable deformation according to a design, and a material undergoes reversible shape changes. The preparation method is applied to composite materials for a 4D printing and is used for an intelligent shape adjustment at a medium to high temperature.
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