A Pendulum-like motion of nanofiber gel actuator synchronized with external periodic pH oscillation

Hiroki Nakagawa; Yusuke Hara; Shingo Maeda; Shuji Hasimoto

doi:10.3390/polym3010405

A Pendulum-like motion of nanofiber gel actuator synchronized with external periodic pH oscillation

Hiroki Nakagawa, Yusuke Hara, Shingo Maeda, Shuji Hasimoto

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Abstract

In this study, we succeeded in manufacturing a novel nanofiber hydrogel actuator that caused a bending and stretching motion synchronized with external pH oscillation, based on a bromate/sulfite/ferrocyanide reaction. The novel nanofiber gel actuator was composed of electrospun nanofibers synthesized by copolymerizing acrylic acid and hydrophobic butyl methacrylate as a solubility control site. By changing the electrospinning flow rate, the nanofiber gel actuator introduced an anisotropic internal structure into the gel. Therefore, the unsymmetrical motion of the nanofiber actuator was generated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	405-412
Number of pages	8
Journal	Polymers
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/polym3010405
Publication status	Published - 2011 Mar
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Actuator
Electrospinning
Gel
Nanofiber
Polymer

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Chemistry(all)
Polymers and Plastics

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