An instant multi-responsive porous polymer actuator driven by solvent molecule sorption

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Qiang ^a   Dunlop, John W C ^a   Qiu, Xunlin ^b   Huang, Feihe ^c   Zhang, Zibin ^c   Heyda, Jan ^d   Dzubiella, Joachim ^d   Antonietti, Markus ^a   Yuan, Jiayin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POROUS POLYMER; SOLVENT;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER; SOLVENT; SORPTION;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE; PROCESSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR; VELOCITY;

EID: 84903770972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5293     Document Type: Article

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