Magnetic-responsive Fe3O4 nanoparticle-impregnated cellulose paper actuators

  • Xin Wang
  • , Bin Han
  • , Run Pei Yu
  • , Fei Chen Li
  • , Zhen Yu Zhao
  • , Qian Cheng Zhang
  • , Tian Jian Lu

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Abstract

Fe3O4 nanoparticle-infiltrated chromatography paper is prepared using a low-cost blending method. Upon characterizing the basic material properties of the Fe3O4/paper nanocomposite, beam-, accordion- and star-shaped actuators are constructed using the nanocomposite and the corresponding actuation performance is investigated experimentally. The beam-shaped actuator exhibits a reversible flexural deformation due to low magnetic hysteresis loop of the Fe3O4/paper nanocomposite, maintaining a stable response after 100 cycles. The accordion-shaped actuator can reach a maximum strain of 100% while the star-shaped actuator can capture a spitball twice heavier than itself.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)53-59
Number of pages7
JournalExtreme Mechanics Letters
Volume25
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2018

Keywords

  • Actuator
  • Cellulose paper
  • FeO nanoparticles
  • Magnetic hysteresis
  • Microstructure
  • Nanocomposites

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