Bending artificial muscle from nylon filaments

Highly oriented nylon and polyethylene fibers shrink in length and expand in diameter when heated. Using this property, in this work, for the first time we are introducing a type of bending artificial muscle from nylon filaments such as fishing line. Reversible radius of curvature of 0.23 mm-1 was a...

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Main Authors: Mirvakili, Seyed Mohammad (Contributor), Hunter, Ian (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2017-03-09T21:58:47Z.
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