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Bidirectional micro-actuators based on eccentric coaxial composite oxide nanofiber

Show Author's Information Guang Wang1,  He Ma2,  Xiang Jin1,  Hua Yuan1,  Yang Wei1( ),  Qunqing Li1,  Kaili Jiang1,3,  Shoushan Fan1,3
State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics and Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
College of Applied Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100084, China
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It is of great importance to develop new micro-actuators with high performance by optimizing the structures and materials. Here we develop a VO2/Al2O3/CNT eccentric coaxial nanofiber, which can be potentially applied as a micro-actuator. The specific eccentric coaxial structure was efficiently fabricated by conventional thin film deposition methodology with individual CNT templet. Activated by thermal and photothermal stimuli, the as-developed actuator delivers a bidirectional actuation behavior with large amplitudes and an ultra-fast response, ~ 2.5 mS. A tweezer can be further made by assembling two such nanofibers symmetrically onto a tungsten probe. Clamping and unclamping can be realized by laser stimulus. More experimental and simulation investigations indicated that the actuation behaviors could be attributed to the nanostructured eccentric coaxial geometry, the thermal coefficient mismatch between layers and the fast phase transition of VO2. The micro-actuators will have potentials in micro manipulators, nanoscaled switches, remote controls and other autonomous systems. Furthermore, a large variety of coaxial and eccentric coaxial nanofibers with various functions can also be developed, giving the as-developed methodology more opportunities.


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Bidirectional micro-actuators based on eccentric coaxial composite oxide nanofiber

Show Author's information Guang Wang1, He Ma2, Xiang Jin1, Hua Yuan1, Yang Wei1( ), Qunqing Li1, Kaili Jiang1,3, Shoushan Fan1,3
State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics and Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
College of Applied Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100084, China

Abstract

It is of great importance to develop new micro-actuators with high performance by optimizing the structures and materials. Here we develop a VO2/Al2O3/CNT eccentric coaxial nanofiber, which can be potentially applied as a micro-actuator. The specific eccentric coaxial structure was efficiently fabricated by conventional thin film deposition methodology with individual CNT templet. Activated by thermal and photothermal stimuli, the as-developed actuator delivers a bidirectional actuation behavior with large amplitudes and an ultra-fast response, ~ 2.5 mS. A tweezer can be further made by assembling two such nanofibers symmetrically onto a tungsten probe. Clamping and unclamping can be realized by laser stimulus. More experimental and simulation investigations indicated that the actuation behaviors could be attributed to the nanostructured eccentric coaxial geometry, the thermal coefficient mismatch between layers and the fast phase transition of VO2. The micro-actuators will have potentials in micro manipulators, nanoscaled switches, remote controls and other autonomous systems. Furthermore, a large variety of coaxial and eccentric coaxial nanofibers with various functions can also be developed, giving the as-developed methodology more opportunities.

Keywords: actuator, nanofiber, phase transition, carbon nanotube, vanadium dioxide

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Received: 09 March 2020
Revised: 02 May 2020
Accepted: 13 May 2020
Published: 18 June 2020
Issue date: September 2020

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province (No. 2020B010169001), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2018YFA0208401), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61774090), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2017YFA0205803), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51727805, 51532008, 51472142, and 51802008).

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