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Strain-controlled Graphene-Polymer Angular Actuator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2019

S. Matt Gilbert ,
Adam Molnar ,
Donez Horton-Bailey ,
Helen Y. Yao  and
Alex Zettl Open the ORCID record for Alex Zettl [Opens in a new window]
S. Matt Gilbert
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720 Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720 Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute, Berkeley, CA, 94720
Adam Molnar
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720 Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute, Berkeley, CA, 94720
Donez Horton-Bailey
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720 Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720 Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute, Berkeley, CA, 94720
Helen Y. Yao
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720 Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute, Berkeley, CA, 94720
Alex Zettl*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720 Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720 Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute, Berkeley, CA, 94720
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*(Email: azettl@berkeley.edu)
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Abstract

We demonstrate a suspended graphene-(poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) polymer angular displacement actuator enabled by variable elastic modulus of the perforated stacked structure. Azimuthal flexures support a central disc-shaped membrane, and compression of the membrane can be used to control the rotation of the entire structure. Irradiating the PMMA on graphene stack with 5 kV electrons in a convention scanning electron microscope reduces the elastic modulus of the PMMA and allows graphene’s built in strain to dominate and compress the flexures, thus rotating the actuator.

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grapheneNanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)actuation

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MRS Advances , Volume 4 , Issue 40: Quantum and Nanomaterials , 2019 , pp. 2161 - 2167
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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