Electromechanical actuation with controllable motion based on a single-walled carbon nanotube and natural biopolymer composite

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3498-3502

  Hu, Ying ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Lu, Luhua ^a   Liu, Jinghai ^a   Chang, Chunrui ^a  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Electromechanical actuation; Electrothermal; SWCNT dispersion; Tunable vibration

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ALTERNATING VOLTAGES; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CHITOSAN COMPOSITES; CONDUCTIVE CARBON NANOTUBES; CONTROLLABLE MOTION; DISPLACEMENT OUTPUT; ELECTRICAL INPUTS; ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATION PROPERTIES; ELECTROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; ELECTROTHERMAL; ELECTROTHERMAL MECHANISMS; EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION; NATURAL BIOPOLYMERS; OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY; RELIABLE OPERATION; SOLUTION BLENDING; SWCNT DISPERSION; TUNABLE VIBRATIONS; VIBRATION TESTING; WAVE FORMS; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMIMETICS; BIOMOLECULES; BLENDING; CARBON FILMS; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; NANOTUBES; PUMPS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THERMAL EXPANSION;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

BIOPOLYMER; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MOTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOPOLYMERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MOTION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77955894432     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1006013     Document Type: Article

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