Fast Photoactuation Driven by Supramolecular Polymers Integrated into Covalent Networks

Cezan, S. Doruk; Li, Chuang; Kupferberg, Jacob; Ðorđević, Luka; Aggarwal, Aaveg; Palmer, Liam C.; Olvera de la Cruz, Monica; Stupp, Samuel I.

doi:10.1002/adfm.202400386

Title: Fast Photoactuation Driven by Supramolecular Polymers Integrated into Covalent Networks

Journal Article · 01 August 2024 · Advanced Functional Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202400386 · OSTI ID:2479399

Cezan, S. Doruk ^[1]; Li, Chuang ^[2];

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University 2220 Campus Drive Evanston IL 60208 USA
Simpson Querrey Institute Northwestern University 303 East Superior Street, 11th floor Chicago IL 60611 USA
Simpson Querrey Institute Northwestern University 303 East Superior Street, 11th floor Chicago IL 60611 USA, Department of Chemistry Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University 2220 Campus Drive Evanston IL 60208 USA; Simpson Querrey Institute Northwestern University 303 East Superior Street; 11th floor Chicago IL 60611 USA; Department of Chemistry Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL USA; Department of Physics and Astronomy Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL USA
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University 2220 Campus Drive Evanston IL 60208 USA; Simpson Querrey Institute Northwestern University 303 East Superior Street; 11th floor Chicago IL 60611 USA; Department of Chemistry Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA; Department of Medicine Northwestern University 676 North St. Clair Street Chicago IL 60611 USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA

Abstract The design of robotic soft matter capable of emulating the complex movements of living organisms such as mechanical actuation, shape transformation, and autonomous translation remains a grand challenge in soft materials science. Functionalized hydrogels are excellent candidates for such materials since they can operate in water and are highly responsive to their environment, but their response times can be slow. This work investigates fast photoactuation of hybrid bonding hydrogels composed of peptide amphiphile (PA) supramolecular nanofibers bonded covalently to merocyanine‐based (MCH ⁺ ) photoresponsive networks. By incorporating ionizable acrylic acid (AA) co‐monomers in these networks, photoactuation at nearly neutral pH is observed, which in turn enables a new mechanism to accelerate the response by triggering the bundling of supramolecular nanofibers by rapid proton exchange reactions. Furthermore, this rapid response and its consequent large shape transformations lead to hydrogels capable of spontaneously tracking external light sources inspired by pedicellariae, defensive organs present in echinoderms like the starfish and the sea urchin. This work suggests that hybrid bonding polymers (HBPs), which leverage the interplay between supramolecular assemblies and covalent networks, offer novel strategies to design rapidly actuating soft robotic materials.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: NONE; SC0000989

OSTI ID:: 2479399

Journal Information:: Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Journal Issue: 49 Vol. 34; ISSN 1616-301X

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

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