Data related to the manuscript "Hot Fingers: Individually Addressable Graphene-Decorated Liquid Crystal Actuators"

In the manuscript related to this dataset, we present two gripper devices with four individually addressable liquid-crystal network (LCN) actuators thermally driven via printed graphene-based heating elements. The resistive heat from the graphene heating elements causes the LCN actuator to bend due to the anisotropic volume expansions of the splay-aligned LCN substrate. We also present a heat transfer model to estimate actuator dimensions, power production and necessary resistance required to achieve the desired temperatures for actuation. This dataset provides the underlying data needed to reproduce the findings, as well as the heat model calculations. It also includes videos which demonstrate the individual actuator fingers as well as two gripper prototypes in action.

在与本数据集相关的手稿中，我们介绍了两款抓手装置，它们配备四个可独立寻址的液晶网络（liquid-crystal network, LCN）致动器，由印刷石墨烯基加热元件进行热驱动。石墨烯加热元件产生的电阻热使LCN致动器发生弯曲，这源于展曲取向LCN基底的各向异性体积膨胀。我们还提出了一个传热模型，用于估算致动器尺寸、功率输出以及实现所需致动温度所需的电阻值。本数据集提供了重现研究结果所需的基础数据，以及传热模型的计算结果。此外，数据集还包含演示单个致动器指状结构及两款抓手原型工作状态的视频。