Issue 19, 2014

Functional graphene springs for responsive actuation

Abstract

A new type of graphene fiber spring (GFS) has been demonstrated to possess a large elongation of up to 480% with a stable elasticity coefficient for 100 000 times of stretch. Remarkably, the GFS performs reversibly stretchable actuation under electrostatic effects, and responds to an applied magnetic field for the development of novel magnetostriction switches and actuators once functionalized with magnetic nanocomponents.

Graphical abstract: Functional graphene springs for responsive actuation

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Jun 2014
Accepted
25 Jul 2014
First published
05 Aug 2014

Nanoscale, 2014,6, 11052-11056

Author version available

Functional graphene springs for responsive actuation

H. Cheng, Y. Liang, F. Zhao, Y. Hu, Z. Dong, L. Jiang and L. Qu, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 11052 DOI: 10.1039/C4NR03409K

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