JOURNAL ARTICLE

A highly stretchable, ultra-tough, remarkably tolerant, and robust self-healing glycerol-hydrogel for a dual-responsive soft actuator

Meiling GuoYuanpeng WuShishan XueYuanmeng XiaXi YangYuris A. DzenisZhenyu LiWeiwei LeiAndrew T. SmithLuyi Sun

Year: 2019 Journal:   Journal of Materials Chemistry A Vol: 7 (45)Pages: 25969-25977   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

A novel strategy to synthesize a glycerol-hydrogel with high stretchability, ultra-toughness, remarkable tolerance, and outstanding self-healing capability has been developed. A soft actuator has been fabricated based on the glycerol-hydrogel.

Keywords:
Self-healing Actuator Materials science Toughness Glycerol Soft robotics Self-healing hydrogels Composite material Biomedical engineering Nanotechnology Computer science Chemistry Polymer chemistry Engineering Artificial intelligence Medicine

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Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Molecular Medicine
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Biomedical Engineering
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Mechanical Engineering
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