Zhong Chen, Xu Zhao, Bo Gao, Liangliang Xu, He Chen, Zonglin Liu, Pengyang Li, Qian Yan, Haowen Zheng, Fuhua Xue, Jinhua Xiong, Renjie Ding, Teng Fei, Zhigong Tang, Qingyu Peng, Ying Hu, Xiaodong He
Soft actuators with stimuli-responsive and reversible deformations have shown great promise in soft robotics. However, some challenges remain in existing actuators, such as the materials involved derived from nonrenewable resources, complex and nonscalable preparation methods, and incapability of complex and programmable deformation. Here, a biobased ink based on cuttlefish ink nanoparticles (CINPs) and cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) was developed, allowing for the preparation of biodegradable patterned actuators by direct ink writing technology...
April 17, 2024: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces