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Human muscle-like actuation realized with graphene–liquid crystalline elastomer composites

A strong and tough human muscle-like actuator fibre is developed by exploiting 2D graphene fillers within a liquid crystalline elastomer matrix. Reversible percolation of the graphene filler network endows the artificial muscle with a work capacity and power density beyond those of human or mammalian muscles.

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Fig. 1: Artificial muscle fibre with reversible percolation.

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This is a summary of: Kim, I. H. et al. Human-muscle-inspired single fibre actuator with reversible percolation. Nat. Nanotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-022-01220-2 (2022).

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Human muscle-like actuation realized with graphene–liquid crystalline elastomer composites. Nat. Nanotechnol. 17, 1132–1133 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-022-01231-z

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