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

doi:10.1002/advs.202401215

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^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The University of Hong Kong
Southwest Jiaotong University
University of California at Berkeley
Hunan University
University of Massachusetts
Tohoku University

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	2401215
Journal	Advanced Science
Volume	11
Issue number	36
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202401215
State	Published - 25 Sep 2024
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

adaptive materials
all-liquid robots
aqueous two-phase systems
flexible electronics
responsive hydrogels

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