Performance limits of microactuation with vanadium dioxide as a solid engine

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2266-2272

  Wang, Kevin ^a,b   Cheng, Chun ^a,b   Cardona, Edy ^a   Guan, Jingyang ^a   Liu, Kai ^a,b   Wu, Junqiao ^a,b  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bimorph actuator; microscale engine; phase transition; single crystal; vanadium dioxide nanobeam

Indexed keywords

BIMORPH ACTUATOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; LIQUID-VAPOR PHASE TRANSITIONS; MICRO-SCALES; NANO BEAMS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TRANSFORMATION STRAIN; WORKING TEMPERATURES;

ACTUATORS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NANOWIRES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THERMAL EXPANSION; VANADIUM;

ENGINES;

EID: 84875678498     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305419e     Document Type: Article

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