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Wavelength‐Selective, IR Light‐Driven Hinges Based on Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Composites
Author(s) -
Kohlmeyer Ryan R.,
Chen Jian
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201210232
Subject(s) - grippers , hinge , climb , bending , robot , computer science , elastomer , mechanical engineering , materials science , nanotechnology , engineering , composite material , artificial intelligence , aerospace engineering
An uphill climb : The title systems show fast, reversible bending with a large strain. Such hinges can power remote‐controlled soft robots, including foldable origami structures, Venus flytrap‐inspired grippers that can pick up delicate objects, and inchworm walkers that can crawl up a 50° incline (see picture).