1.
S Fang ZF Liu, FA Moura
Hierarchically buckled sheath-core fibers for superelastic electronics, sensors, and muscles Journal Article
In: Science, vol. 349, no. 6246, pp. 404-404, 2015.
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title = {Hierarchically buckled sheath-core fibers for superelastic electronics, sensors, and muscles},
author = {ZF Liu, S Fang, FA Moura, JN Ding, N Jiang, J Di, M Zhang, X Lepró, DS Galvão, CS Haines, NY Yuan, SG Yin, DW Lee, R Wang, HY Wang, W Lv, C Dong, RC Zhang, MJ Chen, Q Yin, YT Chong, R Zhang, X Wang, MD Lima, R Ovalle-Robles, D Qian, H Lu, RH Baughman},
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doi = {10.1126/science.aaa7952},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-07-24},
journal = {Science},
volume = {349},
number = {6246},
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abstract = {Superelastic conducting fibers with improved properties and functionalities are needed
for diverse applications. Here we report the fabrication of highly stretchable (up to 1320%)
sheath-core conducting fibers created by wrapping carbon nanotube sheets oriented in
the fiber direction on stretched rubber fiber cores. The resulting structure exhibited
distinct short- and long-period sheath buckling that occurred reversibly out of phase
in the axial and belt directions, enabling a resistance change of less than 5% for a
1000% stretch. By including other rubber and carbon nanotube sheath layers, we
demonstrated strain sensors generating an 860% capacitance change and electrically
powered torsional muscles operating reversibly by a coupled tension-to-torsion
actuation mechanism. Using theory, we quantitatively explain the complementary effects
of an increase in muscle length and a large positive Poisson’s ratio on torsional actuation
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Superelastic conducting fibers with improved properties and functionalities are needed
for diverse applications. Here we report the fabrication of highly stretchable (up to 1320%)
sheath-core conducting fibers created by wrapping carbon nanotube sheets oriented in
the fiber direction on stretched rubber fiber cores. The resulting structure exhibited
distinct short- and long-period sheath buckling that occurred reversibly out of phase
in the axial and belt directions, enabling a resistance change of less than 5% for a
1000% stretch. By including other rubber and carbon nanotube sheath layers, we
demonstrated strain sensors generating an 860% capacitance change and electrically
powered torsional muscles operating reversibly by a coupled tension-to-torsion
actuation mechanism. Using theory, we quantitatively explain the complementary effects
of an increase in muscle length and a large positive Poisson’s ratio on torsional actuation
and electronic properties.
for diverse applications. Here we report the fabrication of highly stretchable (up to 1320%)
sheath-core conducting fibers created by wrapping carbon nanotube sheets oriented in
the fiber direction on stretched rubber fiber cores. The resulting structure exhibited
distinct short- and long-period sheath buckling that occurred reversibly out of phase
in the axial and belt directions, enabling a resistance change of less than 5% for a
1000% stretch. By including other rubber and carbon nanotube sheath layers, we
demonstrated strain sensors generating an 860% capacitance change and electrically
powered torsional muscles operating reversibly by a coupled tension-to-torsion
actuation mechanism. Using theory, we quantitatively explain the complementary effects
of an increase in muscle length and a large positive Poisson’s ratio on torsional actuation
and electronic properties.
2015
1.
S Fang ZF Liu, FA Moura
Hierarchically buckled sheath-core fibers for superelastic electronics, sensors, and muscles Journal Article
In: Science, vol. 349, no. 6246, pp. 404-404, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Carbon Nanotube Forests, Finite Elements, Superelastic, top20
@article{Liu2015,
title = {Hierarchically buckled sheath-core fibers for superelastic electronics, sensors, and muscles},
author = {ZF Liu, S Fang, FA Moura, JN Ding, N Jiang, J Di, M Zhang, X Lepró, DS Galvão, CS Haines, NY Yuan, SG Yin, DW Lee, R Wang, HY Wang, W Lv, C Dong, RC Zhang, MJ Chen, Q Yin, YT Chong, R Zhang, X Wang, MD Lima, R Ovalle-Robles, D Qian, H Lu, RH Baughman},
url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6246/400.full.pdf},
doi = {10.1126/science.aaa7952},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-07-24},
journal = {Science},
volume = {349},
number = {6246},
pages = {404-404},
abstract = {Superelastic conducting fibers with improved properties and functionalities are needed
for diverse applications. Here we report the fabrication of highly stretchable (up to 1320%)
sheath-core conducting fibers created by wrapping carbon nanotube sheets oriented in
the fiber direction on stretched rubber fiber cores. The resulting structure exhibited
distinct short- and long-period sheath buckling that occurred reversibly out of phase
in the axial and belt directions, enabling a resistance change of less than 5% for a
1000% stretch. By including other rubber and carbon nanotube sheath layers, we
demonstrated strain sensors generating an 860% capacitance change and electrically
powered torsional muscles operating reversibly by a coupled tension-to-torsion
actuation mechanism. Using theory, we quantitatively explain the complementary effects
of an increase in muscle length and a large positive Poisson’s ratio on torsional actuation
and electronic properties.},
keywords = {Carbon Nanotube Forests, Finite Elements, Superelastic, top20},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Superelastic conducting fibers with improved properties and functionalities are needed
for diverse applications. Here we report the fabrication of highly stretchable (up to 1320%)
sheath-core conducting fibers created by wrapping carbon nanotube sheets oriented in
the fiber direction on stretched rubber fiber cores. The resulting structure exhibited
distinct short- and long-period sheath buckling that occurred reversibly out of phase
in the axial and belt directions, enabling a resistance change of less than 5% for a
1000% stretch. By including other rubber and carbon nanotube sheath layers, we
demonstrated strain sensors generating an 860% capacitance change and electrically
powered torsional muscles operating reversibly by a coupled tension-to-torsion
actuation mechanism. Using theory, we quantitatively explain the complementary effects
of an increase in muscle length and a large positive Poisson’s ratio on torsional actuation
and electronic properties.
for diverse applications. Here we report the fabrication of highly stretchable (up to 1320%)
sheath-core conducting fibers created by wrapping carbon nanotube sheets oriented in
the fiber direction on stretched rubber fiber cores. The resulting structure exhibited
distinct short- and long-period sheath buckling that occurred reversibly out of phase
in the axial and belt directions, enabling a resistance change of less than 5% for a
1000% stretch. By including other rubber and carbon nanotube sheath layers, we
demonstrated strain sensors generating an 860% capacitance change and electrically
powered torsional muscles operating reversibly by a coupled tension-to-torsion
actuation mechanism. Using theory, we quantitatively explain the complementary effects
of an increase in muscle length and a large positive Poisson’s ratio on torsional actuation
and electronic properties.
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