Dried bonito flakes-inspired moisture-responsive actuator with a gradient structure for smart devices

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2023.05.050

J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2023, Vol. 167: 152-160.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2023.05.050

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Dried bonito flakes-inspired moisture-responsive actuator with a gradient structure for smart devices

Zhong Chen^a, Qingyu Peng^a,*, Ying Hu^b,*, Zonglin Liu^a, Xu Zhao^a, Pengyang Li^a, Liangliang Xu^a, Haowen Zheng^a, Fuhua Xue^a, Renjie Ding^a, Xiaodong He^a,*

^aNational Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China;
^bInstitute of Industry & Equipment Technology, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China

Received:2022-12-31 Revised:2023-04-21 Accepted:2023-05-04 Published:2023-12-20 Online:2023-12-15
Contact: *E-mail addresses: pengqingyu@hit.edu.cn (Q. Peng), huying@hfut.edu.cn (Y. Hu), hexd@hit.edu.cn (X. He)

Abstract

Abstract: Exploring high-performance soft actuators from biomass resources is significant for developing eco-friendly smart devices. Dried bonito (DB) flake is a common food as well as a biomass material, and it can produce irregular motion in changed moisture, just like dancing. Inspired by this intriguing phenomenon, a cost-effective, biocompatible, and biodegradable moisture-responsive DB film actuator with a gradient structure is developed. The DB film actuator exhibits rapid and reversible bending deformation triggered by a humidity gradient with a high bending speed (40° s^-1) and a maximum bending angle (180°). Moreover, the DB film actuator shows large bending deformation (-71° to +51°) with a high actuation force (214.7 Pa) in response to changes in relative humidity. Furthermore, the actuation performance can be also tuned by adjusting the thickness of the film. Potential applications of this actuator, including smart grippers, crawling robots, and biomimetic flowers for visible humidity sensing, are demonstrated. More importantly, smart sweat-responsive wearables that automatically deform to promote sweat evaporation and convection during exercise are constructed based on the actuator, making it promising for adaptive personal thermal management. This work offers an easily processable, cost-effective, and environmentally benign strategy to construct moisture-responsive actuators for future eco-friendly smart devices.

Key words: Moisture-responsive, Dried bonito flakes, Actuators, Smart wearables, Soft robots

Zhong Chen, Qingyu Peng, Ying Hu, Zonglin Liu, Xu Zhao, Pengyang Li, Liangliang Xu, Haowen Zheng, Fuhua Xue, Renjie Ding, Xiaodong He. Dried bonito flakes-inspired moisture-responsive actuator with a gradient structure for smart devices[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2023, 167: 152-160.

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