Molecular Mechatronics
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John Madden on Quirks and Quarks: Wax-work Micro-muscles
In interview with Bob McDonald, Dr. Madden speaks about the recent improvements in performance he has seen in carbon nanotube "muscle" when these fibres are impregnated with wax. ...About
Vision
Our research focuses on using materials to create electrical and mechanical devices with unique and exceptional characteristics. Materials include carbon nanotubes, electronically conducting polymers and protein complexes, which are used to create artificial muscle, supercapacitors, printable transistors and solar cells. Students are involved in a number of exciting projects involving aspects of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science and electrochemistry.
Innovation
Our work focuses on everything from supercapacitors to research and development into creating cost-effective, flexible electronic circuits for electronic paper, flexible displays, and printed radio frequency identification tags. Students in the molecular mechatronics group gain hands-on experience in an exciting area of engineering that greatly impacts our everyday lives.
Latest Publications
| 2008 |
Response Characterization of Electroactive Polymers as Mechanical Sensors Journal Article | Mechatronics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on |
| 2008 |
Carbon Nanotube Yarns as High Load Actuators and Sensors Miscellaneous | Advances in Science and Technology |
| 2008 |
Carbon nanotube yarns: sensors, actuators, and current carriers Conference Paper | Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2008 |
| 2008 |
Sensor response of polypyrrole trilayer benders as a function of geometry Conference Paper | Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2008 |
| 2008 |
Electromechanical actuation of single-walled carbon nanotubes: an ab initio study Journal Article | Nano Technology |
People
| John Madden | Professor |
