Electro-thermally driven flexible robot arms based on stacking-controlled graphite nanocomposites

Wang, Yu; Li, Kui; Li, Xiaoguang; Cui, Hongxin; Liu, Guanqi; Xü, Hongbo; Wu, Xiaoyan; Zhong, Bo; Huang, Xiaoxiao; Wang, Huatao; Wu, Tom

doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2019.06.075

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“…Simultaneously they also synthesized the PANI nanoparticles to coat the MLG and found a significant shoot in the capacitance and also the flexibility of thus synthesized material had compatible mechanical properties. Supporting the context of flexibility, very recently Wang et al., [ 111 ] prepared the polyamide film to deposit the GN/CMC composite composed of graphite nanoplates and carboxy methyl cellulose to demonstrate the bending properties under thermal expansion of the material. Interestingly, the resistance of the electrode developed was quite low and it could bend up to the angle 270° as a function of dismatching in‐plane thermal expansion between the GN and CMC.…”

Section: Conventional Electrode Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advances on Emerging Materials for Flexible Supercapacitors: Current Trends and Beyond

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Dasireddy²,

Guan

et al. 2020

Adv Funct Materials

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The progressive size reduction of electronic components is experiencing bottlenecks in shrinking charge storage devices like batteries and supercapacitors, limiting their development into wearable and flexible zero-pollution technologies. The inherent long cycle life, rapid charge-discharge patterns, and power density of supercapacitors rank them superior over other energy storage devices. In the modern market of zero-pollution energy devices, currently the lightweight formula and shape adaptability are trending to meet the current requirement of wearables. Carbon nanomaterials have the potential to meet this demand, as they are the core of active electrode materials for supercapacitors and texturally tailored to demonstrate flexible and stretchable properties. With this perspective, the latest progress in novel materials from conventional carbons to recently developed and emerging nanomaterials toward lightweight stretchable active compounds for flexi-wearable supercapacitors is presented. In addition, the limitations and challenges in realizing wearable energy storage systems and integrating the future of nanomaterials for efficient wearable technology are provided. Moreover, future perspectives on economically viable materials for wearables are also discussed, which could motivate researchers to pursue fabrication of cheap and efficient flexible nanomaterials for energy storage and pave the way for enabling a widerange of material-based applications.

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Section: Conventional Electrode Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advances on Emerging Materials for Flexible Supercapacitors: Current Trends and Beyond

Benzigar

Dasireddy²,

Guan

et al. 2020

Adv Funct Materials

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“…However, this method has a poor effect on breaking up cells, resulting in a low production satisfaction rate, further affecting the observation and diagnosis of doctors [11,12]. Based on the above discussions, there are still some limitations for the existing liquid-based thinlayer cell tableting machines: Firstly, the design of two robot arms [13] (an unloading robot arm and a sampling robot arm) makes the structure complex and the instrument cost high. Secondly, the need to load and unload membranes manually not only reduces the degree of automation [14], but also increases the opportunity of secondary pollution.…”

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confidence: 99%

Development of a Membrane Liquid-Based Thin-Layer Cell Film Maker

2020

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Specimen production is a key step in cytological diagnosis. This paper proposes a membrane liquid-based thin-layer cell film maker based on the principle of liquid-based thin-layer cell production. To be specific, the designed maker mainly consists of two parts including the mechanical system and control system. For the mechanical part, a novel type of polar coordinate manipulator is developed with the corresponding working scheme. In order to handle cell breakage and collection, a dynamic sealing head system is designed, which saves cost and improves automation. For the control part, both hardware and software are designed to realize the functions including the motion feedback and control of mechanical components, the measurement and adjustment of the pressure system, and the real-time information interaction between human and machine interface. Experimental results demonstrate that the developed maker is capable of fully meeting the requirements of clinical pathology, clinical detection and diagnosis, owing to the advantages such as the compact structure, high cost performance, stable performance and high satisfaction rate.

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“…[ 7 , 8 ]. All these features endow DE materials with a great application potential in bioinspired tunable optical lens [ 9 ], micro-optical submount [ 10 ]; energy generator from human motion [ 11 ] and sea wave [ 12 ], flexible robotic arm [ 13 ], software robot [ 14 ], electric-fish-inspired actuator [ 15 ], gene transfection driver [ 16 ], soft logic switch [ 17 ], etc.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhanced Electromechanical Property of Silicone Elastomer Composites Containing TiO2@SiO2 Core-Shell Nano-Architectures

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Dielectric elastomer (DE) is one type of promising field-activated electroactive polymer. However, its significant electromechanical actuated properties are always obtained under a giant electric voltage, which greatly restricts the potential applications of DE. In the present work, the well-constructed core-shell TiO2@SiO2 nanoparticles were fabricated by using the classical Stöber method. A series of TiO2@SiO2 nano-architectures-filled polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composites were prepared via solution blending and compression-molding procedures. Benefiting from the additional SiO2 shell, both the interfacial compatibility between fillers and matrix and core-shell interfacial interaction can be improved. The TiO2@SiO2/PDMS nanocomposites exhibit a significantly enhanced in-plane actuated strain of 6.08% under a low electric field of 30 V·μm−1 at 16 vol.% TiO2@SiO2 addition, which is 180% higher than that of neat PDMS. The experimental results reveal that the well-designed core-shell structure can play an important role in both improving the electromechanical actuated property and maintaining a good flexibility of DE composites. This research provides a promising approach for the design of the novel composites with advanced low-field actuated electromechanical property in next generation DE systems.

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Electro-thermally driven flexible robot arms based on stacking-controlled graphite nanocomposites

Cited by 42 publications

References 49 publications

Advances on Emerging Materials for Flexible Supercapacitors: Current Trends and Beyond

Advances on Emerging Materials for Flexible Supercapacitors: Current Trends and Beyond

Development of a Membrane Liquid-Based Thin-Layer Cell Film Maker

Enhanced Electromechanical Property of Silicone Elastomer Composites Containing TiO2@SiO2 Core-Shell Nano-Architectures

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