An on-demand plant-based actuator created using conformable electrodes

• Main Authors: Li, Wenlong, Matsuhisa, Naoji, Liu, Zhiyuan, Wang, Ming, Luo, Yifei, Cai, Pingqiang, Chen, Geng, Zhang, Feilong, Li, Chengcheng, Liu, Zhihua, Lv, Zhisheng, Zhang ,Wei, Chen, Xiaodong
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Energy Conversion; Electrical Plants
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147451
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Owing to their adaptive interfacial properties, soft actuators can be used to perform more delicate tasks than their rigid counterparts. However, traditional polymeric soft actuators rely on energy conversion for actuation, resulting in high power input or slow responses. Here we report an electrica...