title: Hierarchically Arranged Helical Fiber Actuators Derived from Commercial Cloth.
abstract: The first hygroscopically tunable cloth actuator is realized via impregnation of a commercial cloth template by a three dimensionally (3D) nanoporous polymer/carbon nanotube hybrid network. The nanoporous hybrid guarantees diffusion of water into the cloth actuator and amplifies the deformation scale. The cloth actuators are mechanically stable with high tensile strength. Because the commercial cotton cloth is inexpensive, such actuators capable of complex motions can be produced in a large size and scale for a wide variety of utilities (e.g. electric generators and "smart" materials).
authors.affiliation: Department of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, D-14476, Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: Department of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, D-14476, Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Huijuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, D-14476, Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: John W C
authors.initials: JWC
authors.lastname: Dunlop
authors.affiliation: Department of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, D-14476, Potsdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Jiayin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
keywords: actuators; cellulose fibers; poly(ionic liquid)s; stimuli-responsive materials