title: Unusual and Superfast Temperature-Triggered Actuators.
abstract: A superfast actuator based on a bilayer fibrous mat shows folding/unfolding and the formation of 3D structures in a fraction of a second. The actuation is reversible for many cycles without losing its form and size, with unfolding at room temperature and folding above 35 °C. The system is promising for making 3D bioscaffolds, electrodes, and micro-/macroactuators.
authors.affiliation: Macromolecular Chemistry II and Bayreuth Center for Colloids and Interfaces, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: Shaohua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Macromolecular Chemistry II and Bayreuth Center for Colloids and Interfaces, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: Fangyao
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Macromolecular Chemistry II and Bayreuth Center for Colloids and Interfaces, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: Arne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lerch
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Hohe Str. 6, D-01069, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Leonid
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ionov
authors.affiliation: Macromolecular Chemistry II and Bayreuth Center for Colloids and Interfaces, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agarwal
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D004560:Electricity; D004566:Electrodes; D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D016062:Porosity; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; C052970:poly-N-isopropylacrylamide
keywords: actuators; electrospinning; stimuli-responsive material; thermoresponsive