Acting Like a Muscle, Nano-Sized Device Lifts 165 Times its Own Weight (VIDEO)

Rutgers University

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This tiny device -- 3 micrometers thick (far thinner than a human hair), 0.5 centimeters wide and 6 centimeters (about 2.4 inches) long -- rolls up when voltage is applied. Created by materials scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, it gains strength from the insertion and removal of ions between atomically thin nanosheets of a crystalline compound.

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Muharrem Acerce/Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

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