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Hydrogel Walkers with Electro-Driven Motility for Cargo Transport

In this study, soft hydrogel walkers with electro-driven motility for cargo transport have been developed via a facile mould-assisted strategy. The hydrogel walkers consisting of polyanionic poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid-co-acrylamide) exhibit an arc looper-like shape with two “legs...

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Autores principales: Yang, Chao, Wang, Wei, Yao, Chen, Xie, Rui, Ju, Xiao-Jie, Liu, Zhuang, Chu, Liang-Yin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4551975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26314786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep13622
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author Yang, Chao
Wang, Wei
Yao, Chen
Xie, Rui
Ju, Xiao-Jie
Liu, Zhuang
Chu, Liang-Yin
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Wang, Wei
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description In this study, soft hydrogel walkers with electro-driven motility for cargo transport have been developed via a facile mould-assisted strategy. The hydrogel walkers consisting of polyanionic poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid-co-acrylamide) exhibit an arc looper-like shape with two “legs” for walking. The hydrogel walkers can reversibly bend and stretch via repeated “on/off” electro-triggers in electrolyte solution. Based on such bending/stretching behaviors, the hydrogel walkers can move their two “legs” to achieve one-directional walking motion on a rough surface via repeated “on/off” electro-triggering cycles. Moreover, the hydrogel walkers loaded with very heavy cargo also exhibit excellent walking motion for cargo transport. Such hydrogel systems create new opportunities for developing electro-controlled soft systems with simple design/fabrication strategies in the soft robotic field for remote manipulation and transportation.
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spelling pubmed-45519752015-09-09 Hydrogel Walkers with Electro-Driven Motility for Cargo Transport Yang, Chao Wang, Wei Yao, Chen Xie, Rui Ju, Xiao-Jie Liu, Zhuang Chu, Liang-Yin Sci Rep Article In this study, soft hydrogel walkers with electro-driven motility for cargo transport have been developed via a facile mould-assisted strategy. The hydrogel walkers consisting of polyanionic poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid-co-acrylamide) exhibit an arc looper-like shape with two “legs” for walking. The hydrogel walkers can reversibly bend and stretch via repeated “on/off” electro-triggers in electrolyte solution. Based on such bending/stretching behaviors, the hydrogel walkers can move their two “legs” to achieve one-directional walking motion on a rough surface via repeated “on/off” electro-triggering cycles. Moreover, the hydrogel walkers loaded with very heavy cargo also exhibit excellent walking motion for cargo transport. Such hydrogel systems create new opportunities for developing electro-controlled soft systems with simple design/fabrication strategies in the soft robotic field for remote manipulation and transportation. Nature Publishing Group 2015-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4551975/ /pubmed/26314786 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep13622 Text en Copyright © 2015, Macmillan Publishers Limited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4551975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26314786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep13622
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