Thermomechanically active electrodes power work-dense soft actuators

Abstract

The effect of chain extender structure and composition on the properties of liquid crystal elastomers (LCE) is presented. Compositions are optimized to design work-dense liquid metal LCE composites that are operated with 100 mW power.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2021
Source ID
10.1039/d0sm01399d

Entities

People

  • Angel Martinez
  • Arul Clement
  • Julia Kocherzat
  • Junfeng Gao
  • M Ravi Shankar
  • Mohsen Tabrizi

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • National Science Foundation
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • United States Army
  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Polymer Science and Technology
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.