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Soft Robotics: Autonomous Motility of Polymer Films (Adv. Mater. 7/2018)
Author(s) -
Treml Benjamin E.,
McKenzie Ruel N.,
Buskohl Philip,
Wang David,
Kuhn Michael,
Tan LoonSeng,
Vaia Richard A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201870046
Subject(s) - materials science , soft robotics , polymer , smart polymer , robotics , nanotechnology , smart material , biomimetics , composite number , space (punctuation) , artificial muscle , composite material , polymer science , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , computer science , robot , engineering , actuator , operating system
In article number 1705616 , Richard A. Vaia and co‐workers use a common polymer, Nylon 6, to map out a behavioral state space for stimuli‐interactive polymers that includes four distinct modes of locomotion. These materials simultaneously harvest energy and information from the environment and are shown to be amenable to composite design, which paves the way for incorporation of stimuli interactive materials into smart structures and devices.