Electronically programmable, reversible shape change in two- and three-dimensional hydrogel structures

  • Cunjiang Yu
  • , Zheng Duan
  • , Peixi Yuan
  • , Yuhang Li
  • , Yewang Su
  • , Xun Zhang
  • , Yuping Pan
  • , Lenore L. Dai
  • , Ralph G. Nuzzo
  • , Yonggang Huang
  • , Hanqing Jiang
  • , John A. Rogers

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Abstract

Combining compliant electrode arrays in open-mesh constructs with hydrogels yields a class of soft actuator, capable of complex, programmable changes in shape. The results include materials strategies, integration approaches, and mechanical/thermal analysis of heater meshes embedded in thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAM) hydrogels with forms ranging from 2D sheets to 3D hemispherical shells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1541-1546
Number of pages6
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume25
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 20 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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