Enhanced water-responsive actuation of porous Bombyx mori silk

Abstract

This study presents the critical role of nanoporous structures in silk's water-responsive actuation and the possibility of controlling and enhancing silk's water-responsive strain and energy density by tuning the nanoporosity.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2023
Source ID
10.1039/d2sm01601j

Entities

People

  • Darjan PodbevÅ¡ek
  • Maheen K. Khan
  • Raymond S. Tu
  • Tejaswini Sudhakar
  • Xi Chen
  • Yeojin Jung

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • CUNY Graduate School and University Center
  • City College of New York
  • City University of New York
  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science