Actuation and locomotion driven by moisture in paper made with natural pollen

• Main Authors: Zhao, Ze, Hwang, Youngkyu, Yang, Yun, Fan, Tengfei, Song, Juha, Suresh, Subra, Cho, Nam-Joon
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Engineering::Bioengineering; Natural Materials; Biomimetics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154001
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Here we describe the development of a humidity-responsive sheet of paper that is derived solely from natural pollen. Adaptive soft material components of the paper exhibit diverse and well-integrated responses to humidity that promote shape reconfiguration, actuation, and locomotion. This mechanical...