Photothermal modulated dielectric elastomer actuator for resilient soft robots
Tough and healable elastomers are promising materials to realize resilient soft robots but mechanical enhancements often lead to higher stiffness that deteriorates actuation strains. Here, the authors introduce liquid metal nanoparticles into carboxyl polyurethane elastomer to sensitize a dielectric...
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| author | Matthew Wei Ming Tan Hyunwoo Bark Gurunathan Thangavel Xuefei Gong Pooi See Lee |
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| description | Tough and healable elastomers are promising materials to realize resilient soft robots but mechanical enhancements often lead to higher stiffness that deteriorates actuation strains. Here, the authors introduce liquid metal nanoparticles into carboxyl polyurethane elastomer to sensitize a dielectric elastomer actuator with responsiveness to electric fields and NIR light. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fdd743d7b7241798d412730d75322662022-12-22T03:36:56ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-11-0113111110.1038/s41467-022-34301-wPhotothermal modulated dielectric elastomer actuator for resilient soft robotsMatthew Wei Ming Tan0Hyunwoo Bark1Gurunathan Thangavel2Xuefei Gong3Pooi See Lee4School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological UniversitySchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological UniversitySchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological UniversitySchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological UniversitySchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological UniversityTough and healable elastomers are promising materials to realize resilient soft robots but mechanical enhancements often lead to higher stiffness that deteriorates actuation strains. Here, the authors introduce liquid metal nanoparticles into carboxyl polyurethane elastomer to sensitize a dielectric elastomer actuator with responsiveness to electric fields and NIR light.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34301-w |
| spellingShingle | Matthew Wei Ming Tan Hyunwoo Bark Gurunathan Thangavel Xuefei Gong Pooi See Lee Photothermal modulated dielectric elastomer actuator for resilient soft robots Nature Communications |
| title | Photothermal modulated dielectric elastomer actuator for resilient soft robots |
| title_full | Photothermal modulated dielectric elastomer actuator for resilient soft robots |
| title_fullStr | Photothermal modulated dielectric elastomer actuator for resilient soft robots |
| title_full_unstemmed | Photothermal modulated dielectric elastomer actuator for resilient soft robots |
| title_short | Photothermal modulated dielectric elastomer actuator for resilient soft robots |
| title_sort | photothermal modulated dielectric elastomer actuator for resilient soft robots |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34301-w |
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