A multi-responsive water-driven actuator with instant and powerful performance for versatile applications

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Mu, Jiuke ^a   Hou, Chengyi ^a   Zhu, Bingjie ^a   Wang, Hongzhi ^a   Li, Yaogang ^a   Zhang, Qinghong ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84926474864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09503     Document Type: Article

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