Photo-driven nanoactuators based on carbon nanocoils and vanadium dioxide bimorphs

Recent progresses on physics and applications of vanadium dioxide

(2018) Kai Liu et al.   Materials Today

Multi-responsive actuators based on a graphene oxide composite: intelligent robot and bioinspired applications

(2017) Luzhuo Chen et al.   Nanoscale

A light-driven artificial flytrap

(2017) Owies M. Wani et al.   Nature Communications

Maximizing the performance of photothermal actuators by combining smart materials with supplementary advantages

(2017) Tongyu Wang et al.   Science Advances

Thermal Diffusivity of a Single Carbon Nanocoil: Uncovering the Correlation with Temperature and Domain Size

(2016) Chenghao Deng et al.   ACS Nano

Multiresponsive Bidirectional Bending Actuators Fabricated by a Pencil-on-Paper Method

(2016) Mingcen Weng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Light-Mediated Manufacture and Manipulation of Actuators

(2016) Dong-Dong Han et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photoactuators for Direct Optical-to-Mechanical Energy Conversion: From Nanocomponent Assembly to Macroscopic Deformation

(2016) Ying Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

VO2-Based MEMS Mirrors

(2016) David Torres et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Flexible, All-Inorganic Actuators Based on Vanadium Dioxide and Carbon Nanotube Bimorphs

(2016) He Ma et al.   NANO LETTERS

Large-Deformation Curling Actuators Based on Carbon Nanotube Composite: Advanced-Structure Design and Biomimetic Application

(2015) Luzhuo Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Increasing Efficiency, Speed, and Responsivity of Vanadium Dioxide Based Photothermally Driven Actuators Using Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Thin-Films

(2015) Tongyu Wang et al.   ACS Nano

A Graphene-Based Bimorph Structure for Design of High Performance Photoactuators

(2015) Ying Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electromechanical vibration of carbon nanocoils

(2015) Chenghao Deng et al.   CARBON

Tunable Photothermal Actuators Based on a Pre-programmed Aligned Nanostructure

(2015) Jue Deng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Fast Adaptive Thermal Camouflage Based on Flexible VO2/Graphene/CNT Thin Films

(2015) Lin Xiao et al.   NANO LETTERS

Controlled synthesis of carbon nanocoils and carbon nanotubes on common paper substrates

(2014) Ruixue Cui et al.   CARBON

Relationship between the structure of carbon nanocoils and their electrical property

(2014) He Ma et al.   CARBON

A spongy graphene based bimorph actuator with ultra-large displacement towards biomimetic application

(2014) Ying Hu et al.   Nanoscale

Photoactuators and motors based on carbon nanotubes with selective chirality distributions

(2014) Xiaobo Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Performance Limits of Microactuation with Vanadium Dioxide as a Solid Engine

(2013) Kevin Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Powerful, Multifunctional Torsional Micromuscles Activated by Phase Transition

(2013) Kai Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Photoinduced insulator-metal phase transition and the metallic phase propagation in VO2 films investigated by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy

(2013) Xin Xue et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Comprehensive study of the metal-insulator transition in pulsed laser deposited epitaxial VO2 thin films

(2013) Deyi Fu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Performance of Electro-Thermally Driven ${\rm VO}_{2}$-Based MEMS Actuators

(2013) Rafmag Cabrera et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Axially Engineered Metal–Insulator Phase Transition by Graded Doping VO2 Nanowires

(2013) Sangwook Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Non-linear annealing effect on correlation between crystallinity and oscillation of carbon nanocoils

(2013) Kaori Hirahara et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Light-Controlled Graphene-Elastin Composite Hydrogel Actuators

(2013) Eddie Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Strain energy density of VO2-based microactuators

(2013) Emmanuelle Merced et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Unusual Reversible Photomechanical Actuation in Polymer/Nanotube Composites

(2012) Xuemei Sun et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Electrically driven light emission from a single suspended carbon nanocoil

(2012) He Ma et al.   CARBON

Giant-Amplitude, High-Work Density Microactuators with Phase Transition Activated Nanolayer Bimorphs

(2012) Kai Liu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Near-infrared response of a single carbon nanocoil

(2012) He Ma et al.   Nanoscale

Photothermal actuation of V O2:Cr-coated microcantilevers in air and aqueous media

(2012) Emmanuelle Merced et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Thermal conductivity of a single carbon nanocoil measured by field-emission induced thermal radiation

(2011) He Ma et al.   CARBON

Dynamics of photothermally driven VO2-coated microcantilevers

(2011) Rafmag Cabrera et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Coil-in-Coil Carbon Nanocoils: 11 Gram-Scale Synthesis, Single Nanocoil Electrical Properties, and Electrical Contact Improvement

(2010) Nujiang Tang et al.   ACS Nano

Colossal thermal-mechanical actuation via phase transition in single-crystal VO2 microcantilevers

(2010) Jinbo Cao et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Highly efficient synthesis of carbon nanocoils by catalyst particles prepared by a sol–gel method

(2009) Dawei Li et al.   CARBON