Temperature-Responsive Tensile Actuator Based on Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Yarn

Hyunsoo Kim; Jae Ah Lee; Hyeon Jun Sim; Ma´rcio D. Lima; Ray H. Baughman; Seon Jeong Kim

doi:10.1007/s40820-016-0084-6

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2016)

Issue Published : Oct 1, 2016

Temperature-Responsive Tensile Actuator Based on Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Yarn

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-016-0084-6

Hyunsoo Kim

Center for Self-powered Actuation and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea

Jae Ah Lee

Center for Self-powered Actuation and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea

Hyeon Jun Sim

Center for Self-powered Actuation and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea

Ma´rcio D. Lima

The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083, USA

Ray H. Baughman

The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083, USA

Seon Jeong Kim

Center for Self-powered Actuation and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea

Corresponding Author: Seon Jeong Kim

sjk@hanyang.ac.kr

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 8 No. 3 (2016), Article Number: 254-259
Article Published : Feb 27, 2016

Abstract

Many temperature indicators or sensors show color changes for materials used in food and medical fields. However, they are not helpful for a color-blind person or children who lack judgment. In this paper, we introduce simply fabricated and more useful low-temperature indicator (~30 °C) for devices that actuates using paraffin-infiltrated multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) coiled yarn. The density difference of MWCNT yarn provides large strain (~330 %) when heat causes the melted polymer to move. Furthermore, the MWCNT yarn decreases the melting point of paraffin. These properties allow control of the actuating temperature. In addition, mechanical strength was enhanced by MWCNT than previously reported temperature-responsive actuators based on shape memory polymers. This simply fabricated temperature indicator can be applied in latching devices for medical and biological fields.

Keywords

Time–temperature Actuator Carbon nanotube Paraffin Coiled yarn Dual-Archimedean

Kim, Hyunsoo, Jae Ah Lee, Hyeon Jun Sim, Ma´rcio D. Lima, Ray H. Baughman, and Seon Jeong Kim. 2016. “Temperature-Responsive Tensile Actuator Based on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Yarn”. Nano-Micro Letters 8 (3):254-59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-016-0084-6.

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