Printed carbon nanotubes on polymer films for active origami

Chengwei Wang; Takayuki Nosaka; Brett Yost; Benjamin Zimmerman; Emily D. Sutton; Eric Kincaid; Katelyn Keberle; Qazi Aied Iqbal; Rodrigo Mendez; Sivan Markowitz; Pai Liu; Terry Alford; Candace Chan; Kwai S. Chan; Michael J. O’Connell

doi:10.1080/21663831.2012.727105

Printed carbon nanotubes on polymer films for active origami

Chengwei Wang, Takayuki Nosaka, Brett Yost, Benjamin Zimmerman, Emily D. Sutton, Eric Kincaid, Katelyn Keberle, Qazi Aied Iqbal, Rodrigo Mendez, Sivan Markowitz, Pai Liu, Terry Alford, Candace Chan, Kwai S. Chan, Michael J. O’Connell

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	13-18
Number of pages	6
Journal	Materials Research Letters
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2012.727105
State	Published - 2013

Keywords

Actuator
Carbon Nanotubes
Origami
Printed Electronics
Robot

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Materials Science(all)

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