New ferroelectric material could give robots muscles
Structural analysis of the induced polar phase and phase-field simulations in the PVDF/TiO2 nanocomposite. Credit: Nature Materials (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01564-7 A new type of ferroelectric polymer that is exceptionally good at converting electrical energy into mechanical strain holds promise as a high-performance motion controller or “actuator” with great potential for applications in medical devices, advanced
Augustine Serna
July 2, 2023