Carbon‐Based Photothermal Actuators

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 28; no. 40
• Main Authors: Han, Bing, Zhang, Yong‐Lai, Chen, Qi‐Dai, Sun, Hong‐Bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 04.10.2018
• Subjects: Actuation; Actuator design; Allotropy; Carbon; Carbon nanotubes; Chemical properties; Graphene; light to heat conversion; Magnetic levitation; Materials science; Micromechanics; Nanomaterials; Organic chemistry; Phase transitions; photothermal actuators; Photothermal conversion; photothermal effects; Surface tension

Actuators that can convert environmental stimuli into mechanical work are widely used in intelligent systems, robots, and micromechanics. To produce robust and sensitive actuators of different scales, efforts are devoted to developing effective actuating schemes and functional materials for actuator...