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Toward a new generation of electrically controllable hygromorphic soft actuators.
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SUBMITTER: Taccola S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4369129 | biostudies-other | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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Toward a new generation of electrically controllable hygromorphic soft actuators.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 20150102 10
An innovative processing strategy for fabricating soft structures that possess electric- and humidity-driven active/passive actuation capabilities along with touch- and humidity-sensing properties is reported. The intrinsically multifunctional material comprises an active thin layer of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly-(styrene sulfonate) in a double-layered structure with a silicone elastomer and provides an opportunity toward developing a new class of smart structures for soft robotics. ...[more]