Achieving Superior Two-Way Actuation by the Stress-Coupling of Nanoribbons and Nanocrystalline Shape Memory Alloy

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• 作者：Shijie Hao ; Yinong Liu ; Yang Ren ; Daqiang Jiang ; Feng Yang ; Daoyong Cong ; Yandong Wang ; Lishan Cui
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 29, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：25
• 页码：16310-16316
• 全文大小：503K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

Inspired by the driving principle of traditional bias-type two-way actuators, we developed a novel two-way actuation nanocomposite wire in which a massive number of Nb nanoribbons with ultralarge elastic strains are loaded inside a shape memory alloy (SMA) matrix to form a continuous array of nanobias actuation pairs for two-way actuation. The composite exhibits a two-way actuation strain of 3.2% during a thermal cycle and an actuation stress of 934 MPa upon heating, which is about twice as high as that (∼500 MPa) found in reported two-way SMAs. Upon cooling, the composite shows an actuation stress of 134 MPa and a mechanical work output of 1.08 × 10⁶ J/m³, which are about three and five times higher than those of reported two-way SMAs, respectively. It was revealed that the massive number of Nb nanoribbons in the compressive state provides the high actuation stress and high work output upon cooling, and the SMA matrix with high yield strength offers the high actuation stress upon heating. Compared to traditional bias-type two-way actuators, the two-way actuation composite with a small volume and simple construct works well with the miniaturization and simplification of actuators.