Issue 35, 2016

Synergistic action of thermoresponsive and hygroresponsive elements elicits rapid and directional response of a bilayer actuator

Abstract

A bilayer actuator composed of thermoresponsive and thermo/hygroresponsive elements is developed, which undergoes fast, directional and autonomous curling with a speed of up to 0.7 m s−1 and recovers its shape by hydration. In situ tensile testing of the thermal response of individual layers provided insights into the mechanism of actuation of thermo/hygromorphic bilayers.

Graphical abstract: Synergistic action of thermoresponsive and hygroresponsive elements elicits rapid and directional response of a bilayer actuator

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Feb 2016
Accepted
09 Mar 2016
First published
10 Mar 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 5920-5923

Synergistic action of thermoresponsive and hygroresponsive elements elicits rapid and directional response of a bilayer actuator

L. Zhang, I. Desta and P. Naumov, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 5920 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC01193D

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements