New Scientist Breaking News - Light could trigger super-fast synthetic muscles
New Scientist Breaking News - Light could trigger super-fast synthetic muscles
MIT: Conjugated polymers can be used to create artificial muscles because the polymers contract when an electric current is run through them, but they're slow and they have to be bathed in a fluid or gel electrolyte. Sidney Yip's research team suggests that light at a certain frequency can activate the wave of charge much more quickly. These faster and stronger synthetic muscles could be used for the synthetic limbs of humans and robots.
MIT: Conjugated polymers can be used to create artificial muscles because the polymers contract when an electric current is run through them, but they're slow and they have to be bathed in a fluid or gel electrolyte. Sidney Yip's research team suggests that light at a certain frequency can activate the wave of charge much more quickly. These faster and stronger synthetic muscles could be used for the synthetic limbs of humans and robots.
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