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Caixia Yang1, Fang Su, Yan Liang
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Yueyang, Hunan Province 414006, P. R. China. exliang@hnist.edu.cn.
Soft Matter
|March 11, 2020
Abstract:
A diversified and biocompatible rhythmic deformation (RD) system is successfully fabricated by coupling a heterogeneous hydrogel with a pH oscillator. By tailoring the geometry of the building blocks, a heterogeneous hydrogel actuator with diversity could be easily constructed through interfacial adhesion. Moreover, the RD behaviour can be regulated by the system temperature and actuator shape.
