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Light-driven soft actuator based on graphene and WSe2 nanosheets composite for multimodal motion and remote manipulation

Show Author's Information Zewen Su1,  Yingjie Zhao1,  Youqiang Huang1,  Chaoyue Xu2,  Xiaolei Yang1,  Binrui Wang2( ),  Beibei Xu3,  Shiqing Xu1( ),  Gongxun Bai1( )
College of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Key laboratory of Modern Optical Instruments, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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heterostructure, graphene, nanosheets, light-driven, WSe2, photothermal conversion, soft actuator
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Su Z, Zhao Y, Huang Y, et al. Light-driven soft actuator based on graphene and WSe2 nanosheets composite for multimodal motion and remote manipulation. Nano Research, 2023, 16(1): 1313-1319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4827-z
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Remote controlled soft actuators have attracted ever-increasing interest in industrial, medical, robotics, and engineering fields. Soft actuators are charming than normal tools in executing dedicate tasks due to small volume and flexible body they have. However, it remains a challenge to design soft actuator that can adapt to multi-environments under remote stimuli with promising nano materials. Herein, we have developed a kind of near-infrared laser driven soft actuators with multi locomotive modes based on WSe2 and graphene nanosheets heterojunction. Different locomotion modes are driven by photothermal effect induced deformation to adapt to different working conditions. Moreover, the specially designed gripper driven by pulsed laser can lift a heavy load which is four times of its weight. This work broadens the choice of advanced nanomaterials for photothermal conversion of soft actuators. It is promising to realize applications including photothermal therapy and complex environment detection through the combination of the intelligent robot design and optical fiber system.


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Light-driven soft actuator based on graphene and WSe2 nanosheets composite for multimodal motion and remote manipulation

Show Author's information Zewen Su1, Yingjie Zhao1, Youqiang Huang1, Chaoyue Xu2, Xiaolei Yang1, Binrui Wang2( ), Beibei Xu3, Shiqing Xu1( ), Gongxun Bai1( )
College of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Key laboratory of Modern Optical Instruments, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310018, China

Abstract

Remote controlled soft actuators have attracted ever-increasing interest in industrial, medical, robotics, and engineering fields. Soft actuators are charming than normal tools in executing dedicate tasks due to small volume and flexible body they have. However, it remains a challenge to design soft actuator that can adapt to multi-environments under remote stimuli with promising nano materials. Herein, we have developed a kind of near-infrared laser driven soft actuators with multi locomotive modes based on WSe2 and graphene nanosheets heterojunction. Different locomotion modes are driven by photothermal effect induced deformation to adapt to different working conditions. Moreover, the specially designed gripper driven by pulsed laser can lift a heavy load which is four times of its weight. This work broadens the choice of advanced nanomaterials for photothermal conversion of soft actuators. It is promising to realize applications including photothermal therapy and complex environment detection through the combination of the intelligent robot design and optical fiber system.

Keywords: heterostructure, graphene, nanosheets, light-driven, WSe2, photothermal conversion, soft actuator

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Received: 05 June 2022
Revised: 10 July 2022
Accepted: 26 July 2022
Published: 31 August 2022
Issue date: January 2023

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This work was financed by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 62175225), Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. LZ21E020004), and Fundamental Research Funds for the Provincial Universities of Zhejiang, Young Top Talent Plan of Zhejiang (No. ZJWR0308004).

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