Materials Horizons · 2020 · 92 citations · 46 references
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Artificial muscles are developed by using twisted natural rubber fiber coated with buckled carbon nanotube sheet, which show tensile and torsional actuations and sensing function<italic>via</italic>the resistance change by a single electric signal.
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<i>The Physics of Rubber Elasticity</i>
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Strong, Transparent, Multifunctional, Carbon Nanotube Sheets
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Artificial Muscles from Fishing Line and Sewing Thread
Carter S. Haines, Márcio D. Lima, Na Li et al. · Science · 2014 · 1.3K citations · Full text
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