Elastomers Grow into Actuators

It is common knowledge that when an elastomer (rubber) is stretched, its length will be maintained if its two ends are fixed. Here, it is serendipitously found that when an elastomer is slowly elongated further to achieve buckling under such conditions, the final length is much longer than the pre‐s...

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Published in:Advanced materials (Weinheim) 2023-03, Vol.35 (12), p.e2209853-n/a
Main Authors: Liang, Huan, Wu, Yahe, Zhang, Yubai, Chen, Erqiang, Wei, Yen, Ji, Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actuators
Biomimetics
covalently adaptable networks
Elastomers
Elongation
High temperature
liquid crystal elastomers
Liquid crystals
Materials science
Robots
soft actuators
Soft robotics
vitrimers
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