DocumentCode
30074
Title
Twisted Lines : Artificial muscle and advanced instruments can be formed from nylon threads and fabric.
Author
Madden, John D. W. ; Kianzad, Soheil
Author_Institution
Adv. Mater. & Process Eng. Lab., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Volume
6
Issue
1
fYear
2015
fDate
Jan.-Feb. 2015
Firstpage
32
Lastpage
35
Abstract
At the mention of nylon, you may think of shirts, stockings, fishing line, and sutures. A recent discovery, first reported in February 2014 in Science, is that the strong, tough, and inexpensive threads that make up fabrics and filaments can actively contract and expand?with much greater force than muscle [1]. This newly discovered musclelike action creates opportunities in medical devices?among other areas?that are just beginning to be explored.
Keywords
biomedical materials; fabrics; muscle; artificial muscle; fabric; medical devices; nylon threads; Medical services; Muscles; Performance evaluation; Prosthetics; Synthetic fibers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Pulse, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
2154-2287
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPUL.2014.2366896
Filename
7015684
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