Recent advances in stimuli-responsive shape-morphing hydrogels

• Main Authors: Liu, Xiaojiang, Gao, Ming, Chen, Jiayao, Guo, Sheng, Zhu, Wei, Bai, Lichun, Zhai, Wenzheng, Du, Hejun, Wu, Hong, Yan, Chunze, Shi, Yusheng, Gu, Junwei, Qi, Hang Jerry, Zhou, Kun
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; 4D Printing; Hydrogels
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163459
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Inspired by shape-morphing organisms in nature, researchers have developed various hydrogels with stimuli-responsive swelling, shrinking, bending, folding, origami, rolling, twisting, or locomotion. These smart hydrogels are usually created by patterning or 4D printing. The shape morphing of hydroge...