Issue 17, 2017
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Magnetically directed soft actuators driven by moisture†

Fengxian Gao,ab   Ning Zhang,*b   Xiaodong Fang*a  and  Mingming Ma ORCID logo *b  

* Corresponding authors

a Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China

b CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
E-mail: mma@ustc.edu.cn

Abstract

Herein we report the fabrication of a moisture-driven actuator by incorporating superparamagnetic nanoparticles into a water-responsive polypyrrole film. Under the direction of a magnetic field, the actuator can harvest energy from moisture and quickly transport cargo that is 5-times heavier than itself to the destination, serving as a powerful mini-tractor.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TC01062A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Mar 2017
Accepted
24 Mar 2017
First published
28 Mar 2017

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017,5, 4129-4133

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Magnetically directed soft actuators driven by moisture

F. Gao, N. Zhang, X. Fang and M. Ma, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 4129 DOI: 10.1039/C7TC01062A

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