Tough Al-alginate/Poly(N -isopropylacrylamide) hydrogel with tunable LCST for soft robotics

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1758-1764

  Zheng, Wen Jiang ^a   An, Ning ^a   Yang, Jian Hai ^a   Zhou, Jinxiong ^a   Chen, Yong Mei ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

actuator; hydrogels; LCST; robotics; tough

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; ACTUATORS; ALGINATE; ALUMINUM; AMIDES; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ROBOTICS;

DEFORMATION PROCESS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; LCST; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; N- ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE; TOUGH; UNI-AXIAL STRETCH;

HYDROGELS;

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; ALGINIC ACID; ALUMINUM; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; HYDROGEL; POLY-N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; HYDROGEL; ROBOTICS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ALGINATES; ALUMINUM; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGEL; ROBOTICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84921739984     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am507339r     Document Type: Article

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