Strong and fast hydrogel actuators

Z Jiang, P Song - Science, 2022 - science.org
… for hydrogels with large actuation forces and fast responses to … , existing hydrogel actuators
usually exhibit low actuation … art hydrogel actuators to achieve an ultrahigh actuation force …

Strong, ultrafast, reprogrammable hydrogel actuators with muscle-mimetic aligned fibrous structures

Z Jiang, SM Seraji, X Tan, X Zhang, T Dinh… - Chemistry of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
… in a single hydrogel system. Herein, we propose a strategy to develop hydrogel actuators
with … of high mechanical properties, fast actuation, and shape reprogrammability in a hydrogel

Biomimetic gradient hydrogel actuators with ultrafast thermo-responsiveness and high strength

Y Li, L Liu, H Xu, Z Cheng, J Yan… - ACS applied materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
hydrogel actuators with both fast … the fast thermo-responsive PNIPAM-based hydrogel
portions on one side provide a rapid response rate and the strong VSNPs-PAA-Fe 3+ hydrogel

Ultrafast, High‐Strain, and Strong Uniaxial Hydrogel Actuators from Recyclable Nanofibril Networks

T Benselfelt, P Rothemund, PS Lee - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… We conclude that uniaxial fibrillar hydrogel actuators are easily manufactured, and due to
their nanoporosity and high uniaxial strain, they are stronger and orders of magnitude faster

Designing strong, fast, high-performance hydrogel actuators

BBA Abbasi, M Gigliotti, S Aloko, MA Jolfaei… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
fast actuation speed. In addition, recent progress about creating strong and fast hydrogel
actuators … high values in several aspects of actuation performance metrics for this class of …

Hydrogel-based strong and fast actuators by electroosmotic turgor pressure

H Na, YW Kang, CS Park, S Jung, HY Kim, JY Sun - Science, 2022 - science.org
… to realize a strong and fast hydrogel-based actuator. A turgor actuator fabricated with a gel
… that drives gel swelling; thus, our actuator exerts large stress [0.73 megapascals (MPa) in …

Tunable, fast, robust hydrogel actuators based on evaporation-programmed heterogeneous structures

J Wang, J Wang, Z Chen, S Fang, Y Zhu… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
… As a result, the hydrogel actuator tolerates all of these challenges and maintains structural
integrity without any interfacial delamination, indicating that the strong interface adhesion …

A Fast, Reversible, and Robust Gradient Nanocomposite Hydrogel Actuator with Water‐Promoted Thermal Response

Y Tan, D Wang, H Xu, Y Yang, W An… - Macromolecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
hydrogel was mechanically strong and could endure the stress brought by the silicone block.
Therefore, the hydrogel actuator … prepare gradient NC hydrogel actuator with fast, reversible…

A strong and tough gelatin/polyvinyl alcohol double network hydrogel actuator with superior actuation strength and fast actuation speed

S Yao, X Sun, L Ye, H Liang - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
actuation strength and slow actuation speed. Here, we develop a hydrogel actuator with
high actuation strength (contraction strength of 850 kPa), fast actuation speed (response time of …

Strong, self‐healable, and recyclable visible‐light‐responsive hydrogel actuators

Z Jiang, ML Tan, M Taheri, Q Yan, T Tsuzuki… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… This result indicates the fast and efficient self-recovery properties of our hydrogel, which
could be as a result of fast reassociation of the broken hydrogen bonding and elasticity provided …