Light-Triggered Soft Artificial Muscles: Molecular-Level Amplification of Actuation Control Signals

Abstract The principle of control signal amplification is found in all actuation systems, from engineered devices through to the operation of biological muscles. However, current engineering approaches require the use of hard and bulky external switches or valves, incompatible with both the properti...

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Main Authors: Michael P. M. Dicker, Anna B. Baker, Robert J. Iredale, Sina Naficy, Ian P. Bond, Charl F. J. Faul, Jonathan M. Rossiter, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Paul M. Weaver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08777-2