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SUBMITTER: Ge F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5628403 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20170703 9
It is very challenging to make materials capable of autonomous oscillation known in many living systems (such as the heartbeat). Herein, we describe an approach to creating a thermo-mechano-thermal feedback loop for thermal phase transition-based polymer actuators, which leads to hour-long, autonomous motion on a substrate surface of constant temperature. We investigated the variables that determine the amplitude and period of the motion, and demonstrated exemplary physical work powered by direc ...[more]