Coiled polymer artificial muscles with both large tensile stroke and giant force generation are needed for practical applications in robotics,soft exosuits,and prosthesis.However,most polymer yarn artificial muscles c...Coiled polymer artificial muscles with both large tensile stroke and giant force generation are needed for practical applications in robotics,soft exosuits,and prosthesis.However,most polymer yarn artificial muscles cannot generate a large force or stress.Here,we report an inexpensive Twisted and Coiled Polymer artificial muscle(TCP)that performs both large isobaric and isometric contractions.This TCP can generate a tensile stroke of 20.1%and a specific work capacity of up to 1.3 kJ kg^(−1) during temperature changes from 20 to 180℃.Moreover,the nylon yarn artificial muscle produced a reversible output stress of 28.4 MPa,which is 100 times larger than human skeletal muscle.A robot arm and a simple gripper were made to demonstrate the isobaric actuation and isometric actuation of our TCP muscle,repectivley.Thus,the polymer artificial muscles with dual-mode actuation show potential applications in the field of robotics,grippers,and exoskeletons and so on.展开更多
Electrochemical actuators based on conductive polymers are emerging as a strong competitive in the field of soft actuators because of their intrinsically conformable/elastic nature,low cost,low operating voltage and a...Electrochemical actuators based on conductive polymers are emerging as a strong competitive in the field of soft actuators because of their intrinsically conformable/elastic nature,low cost,low operating voltage and air-working ability.Recent development has shown that adding electroactive materials,such as CNT and graphene,can improve their actuation performance.Despite the complex material systems used,their output strains(one of the key factors)are generally lower than 1%,which limited further applications of them in multiple scenarios.Here,we report soft electrochemical actuators based on conductive polymer ionogels by embedding polyaniline particles between the PEDOT:PSS nanosheets.Results show that such a hierarchical structure not only leads to a high conductivity(1250 S/cm)but also improved electrochemical activities.At a low operating voltage of 1 V,the maximum strain of these soft actuators reaches an exceptional value of 1.5%,with a high blocking force of 1.3 mN.Using these high-performance electrochemical actuators,we demonstrate soft grippers for manipulating object and a bionic flower stimulated by an electrical signal.This work sets an important step towards enabling the enhanced performance of electrochemical actuators based on conductive polymers with designed microstructures.展开更多
The manipulation of fast,unidirectional motion for large droplets shows important applications in the fields of fog collection and biochemical reactions.However,driving large droplets(>5μL)to move directionally an...The manipulation of fast,unidirectional motion for large droplets shows important applications in the fields of fog collection and biochemical reactions.However,driving large droplets(>5μL)to move directionally and quickly remains challenging due to the nonnegligible volume force.Herein,we fabricated a scalable,bionic peristome substrate with a microcavity width of 180μm using a 3D printing method,which could unidirectionally drive a large water droplet(~8μL)at a speed reaching 12.5 mm/s by temperature-responsive wettability.The substrate surface was grafted with PNIPAAm,which could reversibly change its wettability in response to temperature,thereby enabling a temperature-responsive smart surface that could regulate droplet movement in real-time by changing the temperature.A series of temperature-responsive smart patterns were designed to induce water transport along specific paths to further realize controllable droplet motion with the antibacterial treatment of predesignated areas.The ability to achieve temperature-responsive unidirectional motion and dynamic control of droplet movement could allow programmable fluidic biosensors and precision medical devices.展开更多
基金Financial support from the program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no.52105057,51905222)Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant no.BK20200916)+3 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (no.2021M691307,no.2022T150274)Jiangsu Postdoctoral Research Foundation (no.2021K543C)Key Research Project of Zhejiang LabSenior Talent Foundation of Jiangsu University (Grant no.5501110013)are acknowledged.
文摘Coiled polymer artificial muscles with both large tensile stroke and giant force generation are needed for practical applications in robotics,soft exosuits,and prosthesis.However,most polymer yarn artificial muscles cannot generate a large force or stress.Here,we report an inexpensive Twisted and Coiled Polymer artificial muscle(TCP)that performs both large isobaric and isometric contractions.This TCP can generate a tensile stroke of 20.1%and a specific work capacity of up to 1.3 kJ kg^(−1) during temperature changes from 20 to 180℃.Moreover,the nylon yarn artificial muscle produced a reversible output stress of 28.4 MPa,which is 100 times larger than human skeletal muscle.A robot arm and a simple gripper were made to demonstrate the isobaric actuation and isometric actuation of our TCP muscle,repectivley.Thus,the polymer artificial muscles with dual-mode actuation show potential applications in the field of robotics,grippers,and exoskeletons and so on.
基金This work was supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M711372)Postdoctoral Research Program of Jiangsu Province(2021K544C)+4 种基金the General Program of Natural Science Foundation for Higher Education in Jiangsu Province(21KJB510004)G.Cheng acknowledges the support from young&middle-aged academic leaders of Jiangsu Blue Project and Jiangsu 333 talent fundL.Xu acknowledges the support from National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC No.51905222)Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20211068)This work was also supported by International Science and Technology Cooperation Project in Zhenjiang City(Grant No:GJ2020009)。
文摘Electrochemical actuators based on conductive polymers are emerging as a strong competitive in the field of soft actuators because of their intrinsically conformable/elastic nature,low cost,low operating voltage and air-working ability.Recent development has shown that adding electroactive materials,such as CNT and graphene,can improve their actuation performance.Despite the complex material systems used,their output strains(one of the key factors)are generally lower than 1%,which limited further applications of them in multiple scenarios.Here,we report soft electrochemical actuators based on conductive polymer ionogels by embedding polyaniline particles between the PEDOT:PSS nanosheets.Results show that such a hierarchical structure not only leads to a high conductivity(1250 S/cm)but also improved electrochemical activities.At a low operating voltage of 1 V,the maximum strain of these soft actuators reaches an exceptional value of 1.5%,with a high blocking force of 1.3 mN.Using these high-performance electrochemical actuators,we demonstrate soft grippers for manipulating object and a bionic flower stimulated by an electrical signal.This work sets an important step towards enabling the enhanced performance of electrochemical actuators based on conductive polymers with designed microstructures.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52005222,12272151,and 52105057)Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)for Basic Theory and Key Technology of Tri-Co Robots(92248301)+3 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant no.BK20200916)Key Research Project of Zhejiang lab(No.K2022NB0AC04)Open Fund for Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering(Ministry of Education)of Jilin University(K202207)Qing Lan Project and 333 Project of Jiangsu Province.
文摘The manipulation of fast,unidirectional motion for large droplets shows important applications in the fields of fog collection and biochemical reactions.However,driving large droplets(>5μL)to move directionally and quickly remains challenging due to the nonnegligible volume force.Herein,we fabricated a scalable,bionic peristome substrate with a microcavity width of 180μm using a 3D printing method,which could unidirectionally drive a large water droplet(~8μL)at a speed reaching 12.5 mm/s by temperature-responsive wettability.The substrate surface was grafted with PNIPAAm,which could reversibly change its wettability in response to temperature,thereby enabling a temperature-responsive smart surface that could regulate droplet movement in real-time by changing the temperature.A series of temperature-responsive smart patterns were designed to induce water transport along specific paths to further realize controllable droplet motion with the antibacterial treatment of predesignated areas.The ability to achieve temperature-responsive unidirectional motion and dynamic control of droplet movement could allow programmable fluidic biosensors and precision medical devices.
