Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Acrobatic polymer film developed at MIT harvests energy from water vapor

Acrobatic polymer film developed at MIT harvests energy from water vapor: "A team of researchers at MIT’s David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research has developed a new polymer film that generates power from water vapor. Consisting of two polymer films, the material makes remarkably acrobatic somersaults in the presence of even tiny traces of evaporated water, opening the way for new types of artificial muscles for controlling robotic limbs or powering micro and nanoscopic devices"

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