Stimuli-responsive functional materials for soft robotics

Z Shen, F Chen, X Zhu, KT Yong, G Gu - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Functional materials have spurred the advancement of soft robotics with the potential to
perform safe interactions and adaptative functions in unstructured environments. The …

Polymer matrix nanocomposites with 1D ceramic nanofillers for energy storage capacitor applications

H Zhang, MA Marwat, B **e, M Ashtar… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Recent developments in various technologies, such as hybrid electric vehicles and pulsed
power systems, have challenged researchers to discover affordable, compact, and super …

Green synthesized materials for sensor, actuator, energy storage and energy generation: a review

D Ponnamma, H Parangusan… - Polymer-Plastics …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Green synthesis methods have attracted enormous research interest as replacements for
dangerous chemicals due to their abundance and eco-friendliness. The remarkable …

Achieving high performance electric field induced strain: a rational design of hyperbranched aromatic polyamide functionalized graphene–polyurethane dielectric …

T Chen, J Qiu, K Zhu, J Li, J Wang, S Li… - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Dielectric elastomers have great potentials as flexible actuators in micro-electromechanical
systems (MEMS) due to their large deformation, light weight, mechanical compliancy, and …

Hierarchical SrTiO 3/NiFe 2 O 4 composite nanostructures with excellent light response and magnetic performance synthesized toward enhanced photocatalytic …

P **g, JL Du, J Wang, W Lan, L Pan, J Li, J Wei, D Cao… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Being capable of gathering advanced optical, electrical and magnetic properties originating
from different components, multifunctional composite nanomaterials have been of concern …

Enhanced magnetoelectric effect for flexible current sensor applications

MQ Le, F Belhora, A Cornogolub, PJ Cottinet… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
This article focuses on the magnetoelectric (ME) effect that could be obtained in a bilayered
structure consisting of the Cytop polymer and a magnetic tape filled with magnetically soft …

Giant electrostrictive response and piezoresistivity of emulsion templated nanocomposites

A Luna, M Pruvost, J Yuan, C Zakri, W Neri… - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
Using an emulsion road and optimizing the dispersion process, we prepare polymer
carbone nanotubes (CNT) and polymer reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composites. The …

Copper phthalocyanine oligomer noncovalent functionalized graphene-polyurethane dielectric elastomer composites for flexible micro-actuator

T Chen, J Qiu, K Zhu, J Wang, J Li - Soft Materials, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The electromechanical property of a diaphragm type actuator comprising a copper
phthalocyanine oligomer noncovalent functionalized graphene-polyurethane dielectric …

AlN hollow-nanofilaments by electrospinning

T Gerges, V Salles, S Bernard, C Journet… - …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present for the first time an original method to elaborate AlN nanofilaments (NFs) by
using a preceramic-based electrospinning process. Initially, an Al-containing precursor (poly …

Individually free-standing piezoelectric nanotubes-based BaTiO3/CoFe2O4 magnetoelectric thin films

BI Noh, SC Yang - Materials Letters, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, individually free-standing piezoelectric nanotubes-based magnetoelectric thin
films were synthesized by complexation of one-dimensional (1D) BaTiO 3 as the …