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Reversible sliding in networks of nanowires.

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Wu, J; Zang, J; Rathmell, AR; Zhao, X; Wiley, BJ
Published in: Nano letters
June 2013

This work demonstrates that metal nanowires in a percolating network can reversibly slide across one another. Reversible sliding allows networks of metal nanowires to maintain electrical contact while being stretched to strains greater than the fracture strain for individual nanowires. This phenomenon was demonstrated by using networks of nanowires as compliant electrodes for a dielectric elastomer actuator. Reversible nanowire sliding enabled actuation to a maximum area strain of 200% and repetitive cycling of the actuator to an area strain of 25% over 150 times. During actuation, the transmittance of the network increased 4.5 times, from 13% to 58%. Compared to carbon-based compliant electrodes, networks of metal nanowires can actuate across a broader range of optical transmittance. The widely tunable transmittance of nanowire-based actuators allows for their use as a light valve.

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Nano letters

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1530-6992

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1530-6984

Publication Date

June 2013

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13

Issue

6

Start / End Page

2381 / 2386

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  • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
 

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Wu, J., Zang, J., Rathmell, A. R., Zhao, X., & Wiley, B. J. (2013). Reversible sliding in networks of nanowires. Nano Letters, 13(6), 2381–2386. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl4000739
Wu, Jianghong, Jianfeng Zang, Aaron R. Rathmell, Xuanhe Zhao, and Benjamin J. Wiley. “Reversible sliding in networks of nanowires.Nano Letters 13, no. 6 (June 2013): 2381–86. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl4000739.
Wu J, Zang J, Rathmell AR, Zhao X, Wiley BJ. Reversible sliding in networks of nanowires. Nano letters. 2013 Jun;13(6):2381–6.
Wu, Jianghong, et al. “Reversible sliding in networks of nanowires.Nano Letters, vol. 13, no. 6, June 2013, pp. 2381–86. Epmc, doi:10.1021/nl4000739.
Wu J, Zang J, Rathmell AR, Zhao X, Wiley BJ. Reversible sliding in networks of nanowires. Nano letters. 2013 Jun;13(6):2381–2386.
Journal cover image

Published In

Nano letters

DOI

EISSN

1530-6992

ISSN

1530-6984

Publication Date

June 2013

Volume

13

Issue

6

Start / End Page

2381 / 2386

Related Subject Headings

  • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology