Issue 31, 2012
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Soft Matter

Actuating individual electrospun hydrogel nanofibres†

Adrian Gestos,a   Philip G. Whitten,a   Gordon G. Wallacea  and  Geoffrey M. Spinks*a  

* Corresponding authors

a ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, AIIM Facility, Innovation Campus University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
E-mail: geoff_spinks@ uow.edu.au
Fax: +61 2 42213114
Tel: +61 2 42213010

Abstract

The actuation of a single hydrogel nanofibre is measured for the first time by AFM. The actuation stress generated was comparable to that produced by skeletal muscle and the actuation rate was significantly increased by the nanoscale dimensions of the fibre.

Graphical abstract: Actuating individual electrospun hydrogel nanofibres

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2SM25387A
Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Feb 2012
Accepted
25 Apr 2012
First published
10 May 2012

Soft Matter, 2012,8, 8082-8087

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Actuating individual electrospun hydrogel nanofibres

A. Gestos, P. G. Whitten, G. G. Wallace and G. M. Spinks, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 8082 DOI: 10.1039/C2SM25387A

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