PhD Student
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PhD Topic : Carbon nanotube yarn/gel artificial muscles for electroactive textiles
This thesis work will develop new electrocontracting yarn muscles for electroactive textiles by combining carbon nanotube yarns and ionoelastomers. Carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn will be optimized to obtain long, highly conducting, capacitive and robust yarns acting as the electromechanically active core of the yarn muscle. Ionoelastomers based on crosslinked polymeric ionic liquids will be synthesized and optimized to obtain liquid-free, safe, stretchable and washable ionic coatings acting as the ion source necessary for the electrical stimulation of the CNT yarns. The resulting ionic yarn muscles will be characterized and finally integrated into a demonstrator of electroactive textile able to convert low voltage stimulation into mechanical contractions and forces.
Host University: Cergy Paris University, France