Kirigami‐Design‐Enabled Hydrogel Multimorphs with Application as a Multistate Switch

Xing Peng Hao; Zhao Xu; Chen Yu Li; Wei Hong; Qiang Zheng; Zi Liang Wu

doi:10.1002/adma.202000781

journal article Apr 21, 2020

Kirigami‐Design‐Enabled Hydrogel Multimorphs with Application as a Multistate Switch

Xing Peng Hao

Zhao Xu

Chen Yu Li Wei Hong

Qiang Zheng

Zi Liang Wu

Advanced Materials Vol. 32 No. 22 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractMorphing materials have promising applications in soft robots, intelligent devices, and so forth. Among the various design strategies, kirigami structures are recognized as a powerful tool to obtain sophisticated 3D configurations and unprecedented properties from planar designs on common materials. Here, some kirigami designs are demonstrated for programmable, multistable 3D configurations from composite hydrogel sheets. Via photolithographic polymerization, perforated composite hydrogel sheets are fabricated, in which soft and active hydrogel strips are patterned in stiff and passive hydrogel frames. When immersed in water, the gel strips buckle out of plane due to swelling mismatch. In the kirigami structures, the geometric continuity is disrupted by the introduction of cutouts, and thus the degrees of deformation freedom increases remarkably. Multiple configurations are obtained in a single composite hydrogel by controlling the buckling direction of each strip. Multitier configurations are also obtained by using a hierarchically designed kirigami structure. A multicontact switch of an electric circuit is designed by harnessing the multitier gel configurations. Furthermore, a rotation mode is realized by introducing chirality in the kirigami design. The versatile design of the kirigami structure for programmable deformations should be applicable for other intelligent materials toward promising applications in biomedical devices and flexible electronics.

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Published: Apr 21, 2020
Vol/Issue: 32(22)
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Authors

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Xing Peng Hao

Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China

Z

Zhao Xu

Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China

C

Chen Yu Li

Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China

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Wei Hong

Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055 China; Global Station for Soft Matter Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education Hokkaido University Sapporo 060‐0810 Japan

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Qiang Zheng

Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China

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Zi Liang Wu

Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China Award: 51973189

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

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Xing Peng Hao, Zhao Xu, Chen Yu Li, et al. (2020). Kirigami‐Design‐Enabled Hydrogel Multimorphs with Application as a Multistate Switch. Advanced Materials, 32(22). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202000781

Kirigami‐Design‐Enabled Hydrogel Multimorphs with Application as a Multistate Switch

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