Hybrid carbon nanotube yarn artificial muscle inspired by spider dragline silk

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chun, Kyoung Yong ^a   Kim, Shi Hyeong ^a   Shin, Min Kyoon ^a   Kwon, Cheong Hoon ^a   Park, Jihwang ^a   Kim, Youn Tae ^b   Spinks, Geoffrey M ^c   Lima, Marcio D ^d   Haines, Carter S ^d   Baughman, Ray H ^d   Kim, Seon Jeong ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; COPOLYMER; PARAFFIN; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYSTYRENE POLY(ETHYLENE BUTYLENE)POLYSTYRENE COPOLYMER; SILK; SPIDER DRAGLINE SILK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; HYBRID CARBON NANOTUBE YARN ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; MECHANICAL TORSION; NANOFABRICATION; ROTATION; SURFACE AREA; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CHEMISTRY; MUSCLE; SPIDER;

ARANEAE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; MUSCLES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SILK; SPIDERS;

EID: 84900469296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4322     Document Type: Article

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