Electrostatic actuators have the advantages of light weight, flexibility, and high energy efficiency, which make them suitable for use as artificial muscles. However, a traditional electrostatic actuator cannot generate long strokes and a high force density at the same time because such actuator would excessively widen the gap between the electrodes because of its structure. This paper presents a newly developed large-scale stacked-type electrostatic actuator (LSEA) intended for use as an artificial muscle for robots. LSEA is a multi-stacked electrostatic actuator that can be linearly contracted by the application of a voltage. It has a unique structure that prevents overextension of the gap between the electrodes. It can therefore generate a large force. The spring characteristics and the relationship between the contractive force and the stroke were experimentally determined. The findings showed that LSEA prevents the overextension of the gap between the electrodes and has a high contraction ratio that is equivalent to that of a mammalian skeletal muscle. 相似文献
Summary: Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) particles with micro‐size ranges (0.15–2 μm) were prepared by emulsion and dispersion polymerizationa and in supercritical carbon dioxide media. The PAN particles were blended with Nylon 6 (PA6) at 220 °C by using a miniature mixer; it was found that melt‐mixing was possible for PAN‐rich compositions as high as 70 wt.‐%. Blends were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, IR, viscosity measurements, differential scanning calorimetry, and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA). The size and shape of original PAN particles were retained in PAN/PA6 blends. The useful range to blend PAN particles size was less than 1 μm in terms of shape retention of the PAN particles in blends. Blends with 40 wt.‐% PAN content were found to be melt‐processable. The elastic modulus was higher for PAN/PA6 blends than pure PA6.
SEM photograph of PAN‐SC/PA6 blend with a 40/60 weight ratio. 相似文献
Homogeneous metastable tetragonal ( t ') solid solutions of ZrO2— x mol% CeO2 ( x = 20 and 50) were successfully synthesized by the organic polymerized complex method. The citric acid-ethylene glycol solution containing Zr and Ce ions was polymerized at about 140°C and then heat-treated at about 350°C to obtain a precursor. The black precursor was heated at 450°C and then fired up to 1300° or 1590°C, resulting in the homogeneous solid solutions. 相似文献
Four samples of poly(ethylene terephthalate) film of various crystallinities and orientation were dyed with p-nitroaniline and disperse dyes. When these films were heated under a 2–3 × 10?3 mm Hg vacuum at a specified temperature T, the dye sublimed out of the dyed specimen. The amount (Mt/M∞) of sublimed dye is in linear proportion to the square root of the sublimation time, t½, where Mt and M∞ are the amounts of dye sublimed for times t and t = ∞. The diffusion coefficient D, calculated from the slope of the above plot, is independent of the dye concentration of the film. When log D is plotted against 1/T°K over the temperature range 320–520°K, the relation is composed of two to four intersecting lines with the slope decreasing with elevation of temperature and with the breaks at about 89°–98°, 122°–135°, 155° and 175°–176°C. These breaks are the amorphous transitions: the first is the glass transition temperature Tg, the second and the fourth are the amorphous transitions corresponding to the crystalline transition points, i.e., the cold crystallization temperature and the smectic–triclinic transition temperature. With some exceptions, these amorphous transitions are found also by dilatometry and electrical conductivity measurements. The apparent activation energy for diffusion decreases from about 100 kcal/mole for the glass state to 22–24 kcal/mole for the region above 180°C. The activation energy for each region changes slightly with the size of dye molecule and the crystallinity and orientation of the film. 相似文献
This paper further illustrates the applicability of multiple internal reflectance infrared spectroscopy to the analysis of near-surface photooxidation. The results are compared with transmission infrared spectra to evaluate compositional gradients resulting from photooxidation and the influence of oxygen diffusion. The sample was a solvent-cast film of atactic, narrow distribution polystyrene, Mw of 100,000, that had been drawn to a ratio of 3.0 at 110°C by solid state coextrusion. Irradiation of these thin films, ~25μm thickness, was performed on exposure to air at 35°C for periods of up to 6 h using a mercury source emitting at 254 nm. On photooxidation, a board peak appears at 3200–3500 cm?1, attributable to hydroperoxide formation. The most dramatic increase in the infrared spectra is found for a carbonyl band at 1730 cm?1. It appears to result from an aromatic acid group since it is shifted to 1660 cm?1 on immersion of the oxidized polystyrene films in aqueous ammonium hydroxide. It is confirmed that the photooxidation of polystyrene occurs preferentially at the surface and that this reaction rate is greatly reduced in the drawn polystyrene film. 相似文献
A new technique combining a thermal-image furnace and a twin roller is described for quenching the melt to form glass. The technique was applied to the simple system Li2O-SiO2, since its fundamental parameters in the estimation of critical cooling rate are available. Glass flakes were obtained in the composition Li4SiO4, for which a very large critical cooling rate (∼109 K·s−1) was needed for glass formation. 相似文献
The decomposition of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the presence of water was examined over a variety of solid acid catalysts. The TiO2ZrO2 catalyst was found to have the highest activity and longest life among the catalysts examined. The activity of the TiO2ZrO2 catalysts depended upon the content of TiO2. At the contents of TiO2 from 58 to 90 mole%, the TiO2ZrO2 catalysts exhibited high activity, and these catalysts were proven to contain TiZrO4 crystal. From the study of the XRD peak intensity of the TiZrO4 crystal, it was highest on the TZ-58 which contained 58 mole% of TiO2, and decreased with increasing the content of TiO2. Furthermore, the conversion of CFC113 measured at 673 K was highest at TZ-58, and decreased gradually with increasing TiO2 content. Therefore, the TiZrO4 crystal influences the activity of decomposition of CFC113. However, the TiO2ZrO2 catalyst was gradually deactivated during the reaction due to the elimination of titanium atoms. A good relationship was found between the activity on TiO2ZrO2 catalyst and bond energy of CCl in the compounds of chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorocarbons, suggesting that the rate controlling step was the cleavage of CCl bond. 相似文献
The present study was carried out to examine if the positional distribution of medium-chain fatty acid (MCF) in dietary synthetic
fat influences lymphatic transport of dietary fat and the chemical composition of chylomicrons in rats with permanent cannulation
of thoracic duct. Four types of synthetic triacylglycerol were prepared: (i) sn-1(3) MCF-sn 2 linoleic acid, (ii) interesterified sn-1(3) MCF-sn 2 linoleic acid, (iii) sn-2 MCF-sn-1(3) linoleic acid, and (iv) interesterified sn-2 MCF-sn-1(3) linoleic acid. A purified diet composed of equal amounts of the synthetic fat and cocoa butter was given to rats with
permanent lymph duct cannulation. The positional distribution of MCF in the dietary fat had no significant effect on the lymph
flow, triacylglycerol output, phospholipid output, lipid composition of chylomicrons, or the particle size. The positional
distribution of MCF in the synthetic triacylglycerol was maintained in the chylomicron triacylglycerol. These results showed
that MCF in the dietary triacylglycerol is transported into lymphatics and the positional distribution is well preserved in
chylomicron triacylglycerol. 相似文献
A nonlinear calibration curve for volume fraction vs integrated intensity ratio was obtained for the monoclinic-tetragonal ZrO2 system by using X-ray powder pattern-fitting and pattern-decomposition techniques. The empirical equation agrees well with the theoretical one. By using this equation, the deviation from linearity (6.8% maximum) resulting from the intensity difference of corresponding reflections of the two phases can be estimated quite accurately. 相似文献
Highly crystallized BaWO4 films have been prepared on a tungsten substrate in an alkaline solution containing barium ions by an electrochemical method with a constant direct current density of 1 mA/cm2 at room temperature (25°C). The average grain size was about 13 μm, and the thickness about 9 μm after a treatment time of 35 min. The dependence of cell voltage on deposition time was divided into three steps: conduction, anodic oxidation, and breakdown steps. The BaWO4 film formed during the first step. Electrochemical dissolution of metal tungsten occurred with an accompanying positive change of overpotential in the first step. The crystallization of BaWO4 was characterized by three-dimensional nucleation. In the second step, an amorphous tungsten oxide film formed, thereby increasing the potential. An electrical breakdown occurred in the third step, and the breakdown voltage (about 90 V) was practically the same as those of anodic tungsten oxide films. 相似文献