Polymer gels as soft and wet chemomechanical systems—an approach to artificial muscles
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of Materials Chemistry
- Vol. 12 (8) , 2169-2177
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b109981g
Abstract
Gels are wet and soft and look like a solid material but are capable of undergoing large deformation. This Feature Article describes some of our results on the fundamental aspects and chemomechanical properties of polymer gels, which produce the muscle-like motility of gels. The cover picture showsThis publication has 43 references indexed in Scilit:
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