An autonomous actuator driven by fluctuations in ambient humidity

Nature Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1084-1089

  Arazoe, Hiroki ^a,b   Miyajima, Daigo ^a   Akaike, Kouki ^a   Araoka, Fumito ^a   Sato, Emiko ^a   Hikima, Takaaki ^c   Kawamoto, Masuki ^a   Aida, Takuzo ^a,b  

^a RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c RIKEN SPring 8 Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ADSORPTION AND DESORPTIONS; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAYERED STRUCTURES; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHTS; VAPOUR DEPOSITION;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84978636471     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4693     Document Type: Article

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