Reversible Sliding in Networks of Nanowires
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- 作者：Jianghong Wu ; Jianfeng Zang ; Aaron R. Rathmell ; Xuanhe Zhao ; Benjamin J. Wiley
- 刊名：Nano Letters
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：June 12, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：13
- 期：6
- 页码：2381-2386
- 全文大小：353K
- 年卷期：v.13,no.6(June 12, 2013)
- ISSN：1530-6992
文摘
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.