Humidity-Compensated Multi-Stimuli Soft Actuator with Asymmetric Bilayer Design
. The asymmetric bilayer design enables programmable deformation under light, humidity, and magnetic fields, replicating biomimetic motions such as jellyfish swimming, pine-cone closing, and earthworm crawling through tunable stimulus parameters. Notably, a humidity-induced residual deformation compensation mechanism enables near-complete recovery (98.5%) from photothermal bending, overcoming a key limitation in existing multistimulus actuators. This work establishes a humidity-compensated, multistimulus paradigm that bridges nanophotonics, elastomer mechanics, and hydration dynamics for intelligent soft robots.
Authors
- Hanpeng Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9004-8654)
- T A Zhang
- Yan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2523-997X)
- Zhiwu Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-7035)
- Xi Wang
- Zong Meng
Institutions
- Jilin University (CN)
- Yanshan University (CN)
- Physical Measurement Laboratory (US)
- Material (Belgium) (BE)
- Jilin Medical University (CN)
- Yancheng Institute of Technology (CN)
- Liaoning Academy of Materials
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nano Letters
- Published
- 2026-07-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c02027
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Materials and Mechanics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province