Superfast-response and ultrahigh-power-density electromechanical actuators based on hierarchal carbon nanotube electrodes and chitosan

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4636-4641

  Li, Jinzhu ^a,e   Ma, Wenjun ^b   Song, Li ^c   Niu, Zhiqiang ^a   Cai, Le ^a,e   Zeng, Qingsheng ^d   Zhang, Xiaoxian ^d   Dong, Haibo ^a,e   Zhao, Duan ^a,e   Zhou, Weiya ^a   Xie, Sishen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; AS-GROWN; CARBON NANOTUBE ELECTRODES; DEPLOYABLE REFLECTORS; DOUBLE ELECTRODES; ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ACTUATOR; ELECTROLYTE LAYERS; FACILE FABRICATION; FILM ELECTRODES; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; IONIC ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; LOW DRIVING VOLTAGE; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; OUTPUT POWER DENSITY;

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETICS; CARBON FILMS; CHITOSAN; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; IONIC LIQUIDS; STRESSES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE; CHITOSAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTRODE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; TRANSDUCER;

CHITOSAN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MICROELECTRODES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 80755159175     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl202132m     Document Type: Article

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