Fast, light-responsive, metal-like polymer actuators generating high stresses at low strain

Verpaalen, Rob C.P.; Varghese, Shaji; Froyen, Arne; Pilz da Cunha, Marina; Pouderoijen, Maarten J.; Severn, John R.; Bhatti, Muhammad R.; Peijs, Ton; Bastiaansen, Cees W.M.; Debije, Michael G.; Engels, Tom A.P.; Schenning, Albertus P.H.J.

doi:10.1016/j.matt.2020.03.001

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Photo-thermal actuation of ultra-drawn high-density polyethylene (2020)
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In this work, the photo-actuation of melt-processed ultra-drawn films based on high-density polyethylene (HDPE), incorporating a light-responsive additive (2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-ditertpentylphenol, BZT), is presented. These oriented films exhi... Read More about Photo-thermal actuation of ultra-drawn high-density polyethylene.

Ultra-high actuation stress polymer actuators as light-driven artificial muscles (2020)
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Remotely addressable actuators are of great interest in fields like microrobotics and smart textiles because of their simplicity, integrity, flexibility, and lightweight. However, most of the existing actuator systems are composed of complex assembli... Read More about Ultra-high actuation stress polymer actuators as light-driven artificial muscles.

Fast, light-responsive, metal-like polymer actuators generating high stresses at low strain (2020)
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Producing lightweight polymeric actuators able to generate high stresses typical of hard metals and/or ceramics remains challenging. The photo-mechanical responses of ultra-drawn ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) actuators containing... Read More about Fast, light-responsive, metal-like polymer actuators generating high stresses at low strain.