Molecular-channel driven actuator with considerations for multiple configurations and color switching

Mu, Jiuke; Wang, Gang; Yan, Hongping; Li, Huayu; Wang, Xuemin; Gao, Enlai; Hou, Chengyi; Pham, Anh Thi Cam; Wu, Lianjun; Zhang, Qinghong; Li, Yaogang; Xu, Zhiping; Guo, Yang; Reichmanis, Elsa; Wang, Hongzhi; Zhu, Meifang

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03032-2

Molecular-channel driven actuator with considerations for multiple configurations and color switching

Journal Article · Fri Feb 09 04:00:00 EST 2018 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03032-2· OSTI ID:1624075

Mu, Jiuke ^[1]; ^[2]; Yan, Hongping ^[3]; Li, Huayu ^[2]; Wang, Xuemin ^[4]; Gao, Enlai ^[5]; Hou, Chengyi ^[6]; Pham, Anh Thi Cam ^[4]; Wu, Lianjun ^[4]; Zhang, Qinghong ^[6]; Li, Yaogang ^[6]; Xu, Zhiping ^[5]; Guo, Yang ^[6]; Reichmanis, Elsa ^[2]; Wang, Hongzhi ^[6]; Zhu, Meifang ^[6]

Donghua University, Shanghai (China); DOE/OSTI
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
Donghua University, Shanghai (China)

The ability to achieve simultaneous intrinsic deformation with fast response in commercially available materials that can safely contact skin continues to be an unresolved challenge for artificial actuating materials. Rather than using a microporous structure, here we show an ambient-driven actuator that takes advantage of inherent nanoscale molecular channels within a commercial perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer (PFSA) film, fabricated by simple solution processing to realize a rapid response, self-adaptive, and exceptionally stable actuation. Selective patterning of PFSA films on an inert soft substrate (polyethylene terephthalate film) facilitates the formation of a range of different geometries, including a 2D (two-dimensional) roll or 3D (three-dimensional) helical structure in response to vapor stimuli. Chemical modification of the surface allowed the development of a kirigami-inspired single-layer actuator for personal humidity and heat management through macroscale geometric design features, to afford a bilayer stimuli-responsive actuator with multicolor switching capability.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (MOE); Eastern Scholar

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1624075

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 9; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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