A programmable soft chemo-mechanical actuator exploiting a catalyzed photochemical water-oxidation reaction
Abstract
A mechanistic investigation is described for an actuatable bilayer polymeric device in which a covalently-linked photo-active catalyst drives systemic pH gradients, effecting reversible and cyclic mechanical transformation across the interfacial boundary.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 10.1039/c7sm01600j
Entities
People
- Dustin E. Gross
- Jeffrey S. Moore
- Joselle M McCracken
- Paul V Braun
- Peixi Yuan
- Ralph Nuzzo
Organizations
- Army Research Office
- United States Army
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign