DocumentCode
2289679
Title
A novel design of nanofibrous gel actuator by electrospinning
Author
Nakagawa, Hiroki ; Hara, Yusuke ; Maeda, Shingo ; Hashimoto, Shuji
Author_Institution
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
fYear
2010
fDate
17-20 Aug. 2010
Firstpage
1135
Lastpage
1138
Abstract
A nanofibrous hydrogel actuator that generates bending and stretching motion in response to pH was achieved. The gel was composed of electrospun nanofiber synthesized by copolymerizing pH responsive acrylic acid and hydrophobic butyl methacrylate. In order to control the motion of the gel actuator, we introduced an anisotropic structure into the gel by controlling the flow rate of electrospining. As a result, the gel actuator showed pendulum-like motions by fixing on the edge of the gel.
Keywords
electric actuators; electrospinning; hydrogels; nanofabrication; nanofibres; pH; polymer fibres; polymerisation; anisotropic structure; bending motion; copolymerisation; electrospinning; electrospun nanofiber; flow rate; hydrophobic butyl methacrylate; nanofibrous gel actuator; pendulum-like motion; stretching motion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2010 10th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
Seoul
ISSN
1944-9399
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7033-4
Electronic_ISBN
1944-9399
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NANO.2010.5698034
Filename
5698034
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