Liquid metal-filled magnetorheological elastomer with positive piezoconductivity

Guolin Yun; Shi-Yang Tang; Shuaishuai Sun; Dan Yuan; Qianbin Zhao; Lei Deng; Sheng Yan; Haiping Du; Michael D. Dickey; Weihua Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09325-4

Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Liquid metal-filled magnetorheological elastomer with positive piezoconductivity

Guolin Yun,
Shi-Yang Tang,
Shuaishuai Sun,
Dan Yuan,
Qianbin Zhao,
Lei Deng,
Sheng Yan,
Haiping Du,
Michael D. Dickey,
Weihua Li

Affiliations

Guolin Yun: School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong
Shi-Yang Tang: School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong
Shuaishuai Sun: School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong
Dan Yuan: School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong
Qianbin Zhao: School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong
Lei Deng: School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong
Sheng Yan: Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
Haiping Du: School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Wollongong
Michael D. Dickey: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University
Weihua Li: School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09325-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

Read online

Liquid metal-filled elastic composites for strain sensing devices exhibit reduced conductivity under strain, which limits their usefulness. Here, the authors report a positive piezoconductive effect in liquid metal-filled magnetorheological elastomers and illustrate proof-of concept applications.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

About the journal