Covalent-supramolecular hybrid polymers as muscle-inspired anisotropic actuators
Skeletal muscles are impressive as they can achieve reversible, macroscopic, anisotropic motion in soft materials. Here the authors show a bottom-up design of macroscopic hydrogel tubes containing supramolecular nanofibers that can undergo anisotropic actuation by thermal stimuli.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-06-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04800-w |