journal article·2024-09Open access

Responsive‐Hydrogel Aquabots

Shipei Zhu, Huanqing Cui, Yi Pan, Derek Popple, Ganhua Xie, Zachary Fink, Jiale Han, Alex Zettl, Ho Cheung Shum, Thomas P Russell

Advanced Science· Volume 11· Issue 36

Abstract

Abstract It remains a challenge to produce soft robots that can mimic the responsive adaptability of living organisms. Rather than fabricating soft robots from bulk hydrogels,hydrogels are integrated into the interfacial assembly of aqueous two‐phase systems to generate ultra‐soft and elastic all‐aqueous aquabots that exhibit responsive adaptability, that can shrink on demand and have electrically conductive functions. The adaptive functions of the aquabots provide a new platform to develop minimally invasive surgical devices, targeted drug delivery systems, and flexible electronic sensors and actuators.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Micro and Nano Robotics · Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Advanced Materials and Mechanics

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Affiliations

Materials Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory One Cyclotron Road Berkeley CA 94720 USA

Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong P. R. China

Institute of Biomedical Engineering College of Medicine Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu 610031 P. R. China

Department of Physics University of California Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA

Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA

State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio‐Sensing and Chemometrics College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hunan University Changsha 410082 P. R. China

Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst MA 01003 USA

Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of California Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA

Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre Hong Kong Science Park Shatin, New Territories Hong Kong (SAR) 999077 P. R. China

Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR) Tohoku University 2‐1‐1 Katahira, Aoba Sendai 980‐8577 Japan

Funding

U.S. Department of Energy · Office of Science · Basic Energy Sciences · Materials Sciences and Engineering Division · Army Research Office · National Natural Science Foundation of China

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