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Actuating individual electrospun hydrogel nanofibres

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posted on 2024-11-16, 09:30 authored by Adrian Gestos, Philip Whitten, Gordon WallaceGordon Wallace, Geoffrey SpinksGeoffrey Spinks
The actuation of a single hydrogel nanofibre is measured for the first time by AFM. The actuation stress generated was comparable to that produced by skeletal muscle and the actuation rate was significantly increased by the nanoscale dimensions of the fibre.

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Mechanical advantage: biomimetic artificial muscles for micro-machines

Australian Research Council

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Gestos, A, Whitten, PG, Wallace, GG & Spinks, GM (2012), Actuating individual electrospun hydrogel nanofibres, Soft Matter, 8(31), pp. 8082-8087.

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Soft Matter

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8

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31

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8082-8087

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English

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62415

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