电动双功能液晶弹性体执行器 电动双功能液晶弹性体执行器
Gaoyu Liu1, Yakui Deng1, Bin Ni1
1Chimie ParisTech, Université Paris Sciences & Lettres, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, UMR8247, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 75005, France.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|November 10, 2023
概括
研究人员开发了一种新的电活性液晶弹性体 (eLCE),可提供双重功能. 这种智能材料可以通过低压刺激来曲或收缩,从而推进软机器人和电子设备.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 聚合物科学 聚合物科学
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
背景情况:
- 液晶弹性体 (LCE) 对执行器来说是有希望的,但通常需要外部加热或光线.
- 现有的电活性LCE是有限的,通常是单功能 (曲或收缩).
研究的目的:
- 开发一种能够同时曲和收缩的双功能电动LCE (eLCE).
- 为了提高性能,将LCE技术与离子电活性聚合物设备 (i-EADs) 结合起来.
主要方法:
- 通过集成LCE和i-EAD来制造三层ELCE.
- 应用低压刺激 (±2V在0.1Hz) 来通过氧化还原行为和离子运动诱导曲.
- 施加更高的电压 (±6V在10Hz) 通过焦尔加热触发肌肉类收缩.
主要成果:
- 在±2V刺激下,达到0.80%的曲应变差.
- 经过±6V刺激,证明了类似肌肉的线性收缩,达到20%的应变.
- 这使得eLCE能够以20%的应变和5.38 kJ·m−3.3的工作能力提升270倍的重量.
结论:
- 新型三层eLCE在低压控制下表现出双功能执行 (曲和收缩).
- 这种方法集成了LCE和i-EAD技术,用于多度自由度的智能材料.
- 开发的eLCE显示了软机器人,电子设备和传感器的巨大潜力.
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