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| Title |
Knitting and weaving artificial muscles
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| Published in |
Science Advances, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1126/sciadv.1600327 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ali Maziz, Alessandro Concas, Alexandre Khaldi, Jonas Stålhand, Nils-Krister Persson, Edwin W. H. Jager |
| Abstract |
A need exists for artificial muscles that are silent, soft, and compliant, with performance characteristics similar to those of skeletal muscle, enabling natural interaction of assistive devices with humans. By combining one of humankind's oldest technologies, textile processing, with electroactive polymers, we demonstrate here the feasibility of wearable, soft artificial muscles made by weaving and knitting, with tunable force and strain. These textile actuators were produced from cellulose yarns assembled into fabrics and coated with conducting polymers using a metal-free deposition. To increase the output force, we assembled yarns in parallel by weaving. The force scaled linearly with the number of yarns in the woven fabric. To amplify the strain, we knitted a stretchable fabric, exhibiting a 53-fold increase in strain. In addition, the textile construction added mechanical stability to the actuators. Textile processing permits scalable and rational production of wearable artificial muscles, and enables novel ways to design assistive devices. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 48 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 38% |
| Australia | 2 | 4% |
| Japan | 2 | 4% |
| Canada | 2 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 18 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 33 | 69% |
| Scientists | 7 | 15% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 5 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 424 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Latvia | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 415 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 94 | 22% |
| Researcher | 58 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 58 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 31 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 7% |
| Other | 54 | 13% |
| Unknown | 100 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 145 | 34% |
| Materials Science | 56 | 13% |
| Chemistry | 22 | 5% |
| Design | 15 | 4% |
| Chemical Engineering | 13 | 3% |
| Other | 58 | 14% |
| Unknown | 115 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 322. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 January 2024.
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#104,157
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#1,020
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#2,496
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#19
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