Bio-Inspired Polymer Composite Actuator and Generator Driven by Water Gradients

Bio-Inspired Polymer Composite Actuator and Generator Driven by Water Gradients

Here we describe the development of a water-responsive polymer film. Combining both a rigid matrix (polypyrrole) and a dynamic network (polyol-borate), strong and flexible polymer films were developed that can exchange water with the environment to induce film expansion and contraction, resulting in...

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Main Authors: Ma, Mingming (Contributor), Guo, Liang (Contributor), Anderson, Daniel Griffith (Contributor), Langer, Robert S (Author)
Other Authors: Harvard University- (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering (Contributor), Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT (Contributor), Langer, Robert (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2014-11-07T18:25:20Z.
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