Journal
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 30, Issue 50, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202005560
Keywords
4D printing; amphibious; direct ink writing; light-responsive polymers; liquid crystal actuators
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- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
- Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
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In recent years, light-responsive liquid crystal (LC) polymers have been studied as promising materials for the fabrication of untethered soft actuators. The underwater behavior of these advanced materials has, however, been rarely investigated. This paper reports on the fabrication of light-responsive amphibious LC-actuators via direct ink writing (DIW). The actuators present two underwater deformation modes triggered by different stimuli. Temperature induces contraction/expansion and light induces bending/unbending. Unexpectedly, temperature can regulate the bending directionality, giving the material additional versatility to its deformation modes. These findings serve as a toolbox for the fabrication of light-responsive actuators via DIW that operate in air and underwater.
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