Magnetic field assisted fabrication of asymmetric hydrogels for complex shape deformable actuators
Chen Gong, Yanduo Zhai, Jinping Zhou, Yixiang Wang, Chunyu Chang
Abstract
Our work provides a facile yet universal strategy to fabricate programmable hydrogel actuators with asymmetric structures.
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