Bibliographic Citation
| 8,231,770 | |
| Nanoporous carbon actuator and methods of use thereof Loading...
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| 07/31/2012 | |
| US patent application 12/723,215 | |
| Biener, Juergen (San Leandro, CA); Baumann, Theodore F. (Discovery Bay, CA); Shao, Lihua (Karlsruhe, DE); Weissmueller, Joerg (Stutensee, DE) | |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States) | |
| USDOE | |
| AC52-07NA27344 | |
| Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA) | |
| An electrochemically driveable actuator according to one embodiment includes a nanoporous carbon aerogel composition capable of exhibiting charge-induced reversible strain when wetted by an electrolyte and a voltage is applied thereto. An electrochemically driven actuator according to another embodiment includes a nanoporous carbon aerogel composition wetted by an electrolyte; and a mechanism for causing charge-induced reversible strain of the composition. A method for electrochemically actuating an object according to one embodiment includes causing charge-induced reversible strain of a nanoporous carbon aerogel composition wetted with an electrolyte to actuate the object by the strain. | |
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