Fig. 6: Thermal-induced actuation performance. | Nature Communications

Fig. 6: Thermal-induced actuation performance.

From: Biomimetic high performance artificial muscle built on sacrificial coordination network and mechanical training process

Fig. 6

a Strain variation in isoforce mode and the corresponding temperature of the sample L40Z12@600% plotted against time. b Schematic graph of reversible actuation effect of EPDM composites after mechanical training. c Stress variation in isostrain mode of L40Z12@600% plotted against temperature. d Photographs of the angle change and e plot of the angle change vs cycles for the thermal actuation of L40Z12@600% lifting up a 200 g load (fire represents heating and ice represents cooling). f Photographs of the length change and g plot of the strain change vs cycles for the thermal actuation of L40Z12@600% (20 mg) bearing a load of 205 g which was 10,000 times higher than its own weight (fire represents heating and ice represents cooling). Source Data for Fig. 6a, c e, g. are available as an associated article file.

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