Review of Electrothermal Actuators and Applications

• Published in: Actuators Vol. 8; no. 4; p. 69
• Main Authors: Potekhina, Alissa, Wang, Changhai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2019
• Subjects: Actuation; actuators; Cold; Design modifications; electrothermal; Heat; Investigations; Materials selection; Mechanical tests; MEMS; Microactuators; Microelectromechanical systems; microgrippers; Nanomaterials; Piezoelectricity; Principles; Radio frequency; Switches

This paper presents a review of electrothermal micro-actuators and applications. Electrothermal micro-actuators have been a significant research interest over the last two decades, and many different designs and applications have been investigated. The electrothermal actuation method offers several...