Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 5, Issue 11, Pages 4945-4950Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am400681z
Keywords
liquid-crystalline polymer network; bilayer actuator; humidity-responsive materials; supramolecular chemistry
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- Dutch Polymer Institute [679]
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A humidity-responsive bilayer actuator has been developed that consists of an oriented polyamide-6 substrate and a liquid-crystalline polymer coating. The oriented substrate acts as an alignment layer for the liquid crystal. The liquid-crystalline polymer consists of a supramolecular network having hydrogen-bonded entities that, after activation with an alkaline solution, exhibit deformation in response to a change in humidity. The bending behavior of the bilayer actuator was analyzed, showing a large response to a change in the humidity.
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