Transparent low-voltage-driven soft actuators with silver nanowires Joule heaters

• Main Authors: Liu, Jian, Xu, Lulu, He, Chaobin, Lu, Xuehong, Wang, FuKe
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Carbon; Robots
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160195
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Transparent soft actuators have been receiving enormous attention due to their potential for application in camouflage robotics, accurate monitoring/controlling of soft robots, etc. Herein, we report an electrically powered soft actuator relying on reversible nematic-to-isotropic transitions of liqu...