Artificial Muscles Made of Electroactive Polymer Can Be Powered by Glucose (IMAGE)

Linköping University

Artificial Muscles Made of Electroactive Polymer Can Be Powered by Glucose

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Researchers at Linköping University have demonstrated that artificial muscles made from polymers can now be powered by energy from glucose and oxygen, just like biological muscles.

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Thor Balkhed/Linköping University

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