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Jinlong Song1,2, Yang Chen1,2

  • 1Key Laboratory for Precision and Non-traditional Machining Technology of the Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China. songjinlong@dlut.edu.cn chenyang93@mail.dlut.edu.cn.

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Active hydrogels with dynamic wettability move spontaneously on the surface of water like a common water strider.

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