Ultrafast Response and Programmable Locomotion of Liquid/Vapor/Light-Driven Soft Multifunctional Actuators

• Published in: ACS nano Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 2672 - 2681
• Main Authors: Wang, Miao, Zhou, Lei, Deng, Wenyan, Hou, Yaqi, He, Wen, Yu, Lejian, Sun, Hao, Ren, Lei, Hou, Xu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 22.02.2022
• Subjects: Locomotion; Nanotubes, Carbon; Solvents; multistimuli; fast response; large deformation; soft actuator; programmable locomotion

External-stimuli-driven soft actuators overcome several limitations inherent in traditional mechanical-driven technology considering the coming age of flexible robots, which might face harsh working conditions and rigorous multifunctional requirements. However, how to achieve multi-external-stimuli...