Graphene-Ni-C Coated TCP: Fabrication of Graphene-C-Ni-PVA Coated Mandrel-Coiled Twisted and Coiled Polymer Fishing Line (TCPFL) for Enhanced Performance
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., The University of Texas at Dallas, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsPawandeep Singh MATHARU, Yonas TADESSE, Yuyang SONG, Umesh GANDHI
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Abstract
A nanomaterial-coated mandrel-coiled twisted and coiled polymer fishing line (TCPFL) actuator, method, and computer program product for creating the mandrel-coiled TCPFL) actuator. A plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may be fabricated, wherein fabricating the plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles may include synthesizing Graphene-C-Ni-PVA solution and coating the TCPFL with the Graphene-C-Ni-PVA solution.
Claims20
A method for creating a nanomaterial coated, mandrel-coiled twisted and coiled polymer fishing line (TCPFL) actuator comprising:
- fabricating a plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles, wherein fabricating the plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles includes;
- synthesizing Graphene-C-Ni-PVA solution;
- and
- coating the TCPFL with the Graphene-C-Ni-PVA solution.
A computer program product residing on a computer readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed across one or more processors, causes at least a portion of the one or more processors to perform operations for creating a nanomaterial coated, mandrel-coiled twisted and coiled polymer fishing line (TCPFL) actuator comprising:
- fabricating a plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles, wherein fabricating the plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles includes;
- synthesizing Graphene-C-Ni-PVA solution;
- and
- coating the TCPFL with the Graphene-C-Ni-PVA solution.
A nanomaterial coated, mandrel-coiled twisted and coiled polymer fishing line (TCPFL) actuator comprising:
- a plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles, wherein the plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles are fabricated, wherein the plurality of mandrel-coiled TCPFL muscles is coated with a synthesized Graphene-C-Ni-PVA solution.
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