@article{ea16fdb246db4172b83555c20170b539,
title = "Printed carbon nanotubes on polymer films for active origami",
abstract = "We describe a facile fabrication of solid-state actuators by coating common polymer films with a layer of carbon nanotubes. The composite material actuators are multifunctional energy transducers and were powered by heat, light, or electricity. The maximum observed force produced by an actuator was 60 times its own weight. Actuators were also demonstrated to bend more than 90°. The actuators were repeatedly activated for nearly 50,000 cycles without significant loss of performance for a sub-hertz actuator and 1,000,000 cycles in the case of a 30 Hz actuator. The utility of these devices was demonstrated by creating a walking robot.",
keywords = "Actuator, Carbon Nanotubes, Origami, Printed Electronics, Robot",
author = "Chengwei Wang and Takayuki Nosaka and Brett Yost and Benjamin Zimmerman and Sutton, {Emily D.} and Eric Kincaid and Katelyn Keberle and Iqbal, {Qazi Aied} and Rodrigo Mendez and Sivan Markowitz and Pai Liu and Terry Alford and Candace Chan and Chan, {Kwai S.} and O{\textquoteright}Connell, {Michael J.}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgements MOC acknowledges infrastructure support from SEMTE startup funding from ASU. PL and TLA thank Fulton Schools of Engineering (E. Hall). KSC acknowledges the support of the Southwest Research Institute Internal Research Program. MOC thanks Karl Sieradzki and Robert Wang at ASU for helpful discussions and Kelsey M Keberle at ASU for assistance with laser cutting stencils. Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1080/21663831.2012.727105",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "1",
pages = "13--18",
journal = "Materials Research Letters",
issn = "2166-3831",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "1",
}