A programmable bilayer hydrogel actuator based on the asymmetric distribution of crystalline regions-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A programmable bilayer hydrogel actuator based on the asymmetric distribution of crystalline regions

Published:2022 Issue:1 Volume:10 Page:120-130
ISSN:2050-750X
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry B
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. B

Author:

Li Xiaojun¹,Cheng Yue¹,Zhang Jianfeng¹,Hou Yarui¹,Xu Xiaojuan²^ORCID,Liu Qingye¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, North University of China, No. 3 Xueyuan Road, Jiancaoping District, Taiyuan 030051, China

2. College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China

Abstract

By controlling the asymmetric distribution of crystalline regions across the bilayers, the fabricated chitosan/PVA bilayer actuators with an anisotropic swelling behavior and ideal mechanical strength can perform various 3D shape transformations upon exposure to a low pH stimulus.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science,Biomedical Engineering,General Chemistry,General Medicine

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/TB/D1TB01925B

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