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Sensors and actuators based on carbon nanotubes and their composites: A review

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In this paper, a review of the recent advances in nanotubes and nanotube-based composite sensors and actuators, with a particular emphasis on their electromechanical behavior is presented.
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This article is published in Composites Science and Technology.The article was published on 2008-05-01. It has received 901 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Carbon nanotube actuators & Nanotube.

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A review of recent research on mechanics of multifunctional composite materials and structures

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the topics that are most relevant to multifunctional composite materials and structures and review representative journal publications that are related to those topics and make suggestions regarding future research needs.
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Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics.

TL;DR: A detailed survey of ongoing methodologies for soft actuators, highlighting approaches suitable for nanometer- to centimeter-scale robotic applications, including both the development of new materials and composites, as well as novel implementations leveraging the unique properties of soft materials.
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Recent Advances in Research on Carbon Nanotube–Polymer Composites

TL;DR: A future outlook for the development of CNT-polymer composites as potential alternative materials for various applications, including flexible electrodes in displays, electronic paper, antistatic coatings, protective clothing, and high-performance composites for aircraft and automotive industries is given.
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Electromagnetic wireless nanosensor networks

TL;DR: The state of the art in nanos sensor technology is surveyed from the device perspective, by explaining the details of the architecture and components of individual nanosensors, as well as the existing manufacturing and integration techniques for nanosensor devices.
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Experiments and modeling of carbon nanotube-based nems devices

TL;DR: In this article, an analytical model based on the energy method in both small deformation and finite kinematics (large deformation) regimes is used to interpret the measurements of the deflection of the cantilever under electrostatic actuation.
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In situ imaging of field emission from individual carbon nanotubes and their structural damage

TL;DR: In this article, a fluctuation in emission current was due to a variation in distance between the nanotube tip and the counter electrode owing to a "head-shaking" effect of the carbon nanotubes during field emission.
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Nanoelectromechanical switches with vertically aligned carbon nanotubes

TL;DR: In this article, vertically grown multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) from the prepatterned catalyst dots on the patterned device electrodes have been used.
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Electrical properties of single-wall carbon nanotube and epoxy composites

TL;DR: In this paper, the homogeneous composites of single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) and Stycast 1266 epoxy were made with the nanotubes concentrations of 0.01-0.21 wt
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