高模量同体形扭转氧化物陶人工肌肉的人工肌肉
Jiawei Wu1, Yongshi Guo1, Xuwang Tian2
1College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|January 23, 2025
概括
研究人员从陶纤维中开发出坚固,高性能的人造肌肉. 这一突破使得能够大规模制造具有优越强度和能量密度的先进陶执行器,模仿人类肌肉运动.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 纳米技术 纳米技术
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
背景情况:
- 人工肌肉是软执行器,旨在复制人类肌肉运动.
- 制造高模块氧化物陶人造肌肉是具有挑战性的,因为扭转过程中的脆性骨折限制了它们的能量和功率输出.
研究的目的:
- 为了克服 (Al2O3) 陶中低扭力和延展性的局限性,用于人工肌肉应用.
- 开发一种创造强壮,高性能陶人工肌肉的策略.
主要方法:
- 一种陶金属化策略,涉及将一层薄的铜层化学涂在纤维上.
- 将金属化化纤维扭曲成合式卷曲的人造肌肉.
- 研究制造肌肉的电热启动机制.
主要成果:
- 金属化过程增强了丝丝的扭力和可塑性 (模量约180 GPa).
- 由此产生的合金人造肌肉表现出高的执行应力 (高达483.5MPa),并且可以举起重量为其重量的0.28万倍的物体.
- 与人类肌肉相比,这些陶肌肉的收缩力 (18倍) 和能量密度 (240倍) 显著更高,能量转换效率为7.59%.
结论:
- 陶金属化策略成功地创造了坚固而强大的化人工肌肉.
- 这项工作代表了首次成功的大规模制造高模块氧化物陶肌肉.
- 与现有的碳和聚合物驱动器相比,开发出的人工肌肉提供了优越的性能指标.
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