Liquid crystal elastomer actuator with serpentine locomotion

Meng Wang; Xin-Bao Hu; Bo Zuo; Shuai Huang; Xu‐Man Chen; Hong Yang

doi:10.1039/d0cc02823a

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Liquid crystal elastomer actuator with serpentine locomotion

Meng Wang Xin-Bao Hu Bo Zuo Shuai Huang Xu‐Man Chen Hong Yang

Year: 2020 Journal: Chemical Communications Vol: 56 (55)Pages: 7597-7600 Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

DOI: 10.1039/d0cc02823a

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Abstract

In this manuscript, we describe a snake-mimic soft actuator with serpentine locomotion, which can move forward relying on a reversible shape morphing between S-curve and reverse S-curve structures.

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Actuator Elastomer Morphing Ribbon Materials science Work (physics) Liquid crystal Composite material Optoelectronics Mechanical engineering Computer science Artificial intelligence Engineering

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Physical Sciences → Engineering → Mechanical Engineering

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Physical Sciences → Engineering → Biomedical Engineering

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