Graphene-nanoplatelet-based photomechanical actuators

被引：103

作者：

Loomis, James ^{[1
]}

King, Ben ^{[1
]}

Burkhead, Tom ^{[1
]}

Xu, Peng ^{[1
]}

Bessler, Nathan ^{[1
]}

Terentjev, Eugene ^{[2
]}

Panchapakesan, Balaji ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Louisville, Dept Mech Engn, Small Syst Lab, Louisville, KY 40292 USA

[2] Univ Cambridge, Dept Phys, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England

来源：

NANOTECHNOLOGY | 2012年 / 23卷 / 04期

关键词：

NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITES; ELASTOMERS;

D O I：

10.1088/0957-4484/23/4/045501

中图分类号：

TB3 [工程材料学];

学科分类号：

0805 ; 080502 ;

摘要：

This paper reports large light-induced reversible and elastic responses of graphene nanoplatelet (GNP) polymer composites. Homogeneous mixtures of GNP/polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composites (0.1-5 wt%) were prepared and their infrared (IR) mechanical responses studied with increasing pre-strains. Using IR illumination, a photomechanically induced change in stress of four orders of magnitude as compared to pristine PDMS polymer was measured. The actuation responses of the graphene polymer composites depended on the applied pre-strains. At low levels of pre-strain (3-9%) the actuators showed reversible expansion while at high levels (15-40%) the actuators exhibited reversible contraction. The GNP/PDMS composites exhibited higher actuation stresses compared to other forms of nanostructured carbon/PDMS composites, including carbon nanotubes (CNTs), for the same fabrication method. An extraordinary optical-to-mechanical energy conversion factor (eta(M)) of 7-9 MPa W-1 for GNP-based polymer composite actuators is reported.

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