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SMALL
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages 740-748Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201401343
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- National Research Foundation, Singapore [NRF-NRFF2012-04]
- Nanyang Technological University [M4080758]
- Nanyang President's Graduate Scholarship
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The ability to shape-shift in response to a stimulus increases an organism's survivability in nature. Similarly, man-made dynamic and responsive smart microtechnology is crucial for the advancement of human technology. Here, 10-30 mu m shape-changing 3D BSA protein hydrogel microstructures are fabricated with dynamic, quantitative, directional, and angle-resolved bending via two-photon photolithography. The controlled directional responsiveness is achieved by spatially controlling the cross-linking density of BSA at a nanometer lengthscale. Atomic force microscopy measurements of Young's moduli of structures indicate that increasing the laser writing distance at the z-axis from 100-500 nm decreases the modulus of the structure. Hence, through nanoscale modulation of the laser writing z-layer distance at the nanoscale, control over the cross-linking density is possible, allowing for the swelling extent of the microstructures to be quantified and controlled with high precision. This method of segmented moduli is applied within a single microstructure for the design of shape-shifting microstructures that exhibit stimulus-induced chirality, as well as for the fabrication of a free-standing 3D microtrap which is able to open and close in response to a pH change.
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