Athermal artificial muscles with drastically improved work capacity from pH-Responsive coiled polymer fibers
Sevketcan Sarikaya, Frank Gardea, Jeffrey T. Auletta, Jamshid Kavosi, Alex Langrock, David M. Mackie, Mohammad Naraghi
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Artificial musclePolymerStiffnessBendingWork (physics)Materials scienceAnisotropyActuatorModulusFiberStroke (engine)Composite materialChemical engineeringBiomedical engineeringComputer scienceMechanical engineeringPhysicsQuantum mechanicsEngineeringArtificial intelligenceMedicineAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAdvanced Materials and MechanicsDielectric materials and actuators