Programming temporal shapeshifting

Actuation of shape-shifting materials has typically required an external trigger. Here, the authors design a shape-memory hydrogel, regulated by a dual network of covalent and temporary hydrogen bonds, whose actuations are encoded by an intrinsic temporal mechanism.

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Main Authors: Xiaobo Hu, Jing Zhou, Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnosfaderani, William F. M. Daniel, Qiaoxi Li, Aleksandr P. Zhushma, Andrey V. Dobrynin, Sergei S. Sheiko
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/bdd1c4a97fb64e21adde4fe7cb2b64fb
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