Ultrafast, high-strain, and strong uniaxial hydrogel actuators from recyclable nanofibril networks

• Main Authors: Benselfelt, Tobias, Rothemund, Philipp, Lee, Pooi See
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Actuators; Anisotropy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170148
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Polymer hydrogels mimic biological tissues and are suitable for future lifelike machines. However, their actuation is isotropic, so they must be crosslinked or placed in a turgor membrane to achieve high actuation pressures, severely impeding their performance. Here, it is shown that organizing cell...