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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2010
Juergen Biener, San Leandro, CA (US);
Theodore F. Baumann, Discovery Bay, CA (US);
Lihua Shao, Karlsruhe, DE;
Joerg Weissmueller, Stutensee, DE;
Juergen Biener, San Leandro, CA (US);
Theodore F. Baumann, Discovery Bay, CA (US);
Lihua Shao, Karlsruhe, DE;
Joerg Weissmueller, Stutensee, DE;
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrochemically driveable actuator according to one embodiment includes a nanoporous carbon aerogel composition capable of exhibiting charge-induced reversible strain when wetted by an electrolyte and a voltage is applied thereto. An electrochemically driven actuator according to another embodiment includes a nanoporous carbon aerogel composition wetted by an electrolyte; and a mechanism for causing charge-induced reversible strain of the composition. A method for electrochemically actuating an object according to one embodiment includes causing charge-induced reversible strain of a nanoporous carbon aerogel composition wetted with an electrolyte to actuate the object by the strain.