Multiresponsive Bidirectional Bending Actuators Fabricated by a Pencil-on-Paper Method

Recently, actuating materials based on carbon nanotubes or graphene have been widely studied. However, present carbon‐based actuating materials are mostly driven by a single stimulus (humidity, light, electricity, etc.), respectively, which means that the application conditions are limited. Here, a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced functional materials 2016-10, Vol.26 (40), p.7244-7253
Hauptverfasser: Weng, Mingcen, Zhou, Peidi, Chen, Luzhuo, Zhang, Lingling, Zhang, Wei, Huang, Zhigao, Liu, Changhong, Fan, Shoushan
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Zusammenfassung:Recently, actuating materials based on carbon nanotubes or graphene have been widely studied. However, present carbon‐based actuating materials are mostly driven by a single stimulus (humidity, light, electricity, etc.), respectively, which means that the application conditions are limited. Here, a new kind of multiresponsive actuating material which can be driven by humidity, light, and electricity is proposed, so it can be used in various conditions. The fabrication is based on the simplest pencil‐on‐paper method, in which the pencil and paper are both low‐cost and easily obtained daily materials. The actuation effect is more remarkable due to a dual‐mode actuation mechanism, which leads to an ultralarge actuation (bending curvature up to 2.6 cm−1). Elaborately designed, the actuator can further exhibit a bidirectional bending actuation, which is a significant improvement compared with previous reported thermal actuators. What is more, a colorful biomimetic flower and a smart curtain are also fabricated, fully utilizing the printable characteristic of the paper and multiresponsive characteristic of the actuator. It is assumed that the newly designed actuating material has great potential in the fields of lab‐on‐paper devices, artificial muscles, robotics, biomimics, and smart household materials. A multiresponsive actuator based on graphite, paper, and polymer composite shows large bidirectional bending actuations when it is driven by humidity, light, and electricity. The fabrication is based on the simplest pencil‐on‐paper method. A colorful biomimetic flower and a smart curtain are also fabricated, fully utilizing the printable characteristic of the paper and multiresponsive characteristic of the actuator.
ISSN:1616-301X
1616-3028
DOI:10.1002/adfm.201602772