Electro-thermo-elastomers for artificial muscles

被引：13

作者：

Cottinet, Pierre-Jean ^{[1
]}

Guyomar, Daniel ^{[1
]}

Galineau, Jeremy ^{[1
]}

Sebald, Gael ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] INSA Lyon, Lab Elect Engn & Ferroelect, LGEF, Lyon, France

来源：

SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL | 2012年 / 180卷

关键词：

Electroactive polymer; Actuator; Thermal actuator; Entropic; HEAT-TRANSFER; ACTUATOR; DEFORMATION; COMPOSITE; BEHAVIOR; STRAIN;

D O I：

10.1016/j.sna.2012.04.016

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

This paper presents the concept, design and characterization of new type of thermal actuator, which utilizes the entropic properties of natural rubber elastomer. For a stretched elastomer the thermal expansion is negative above its glass transition temperature. The actuator presented in this study comprised an elastomer film and flexible resistive heater realized by photo-etching a Nickel-Silver photosensitized wafer. The results demonstrated that the thermal actuator was able to generate a strain of 5% and a stress of 1 MPa for an input electric energy of 25 J, i.e. a strain comparable to human muscles mechanical properties. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：105 / 112

页数：8

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