• 文献标题:   Graphene Oxide-Enabled Synthesis of Metal Oxide Origamis for Soft Robotics
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YANG HT, YEOW BS, CHANG TH, LI KR, FU FF, REN HL, CHEN PY
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide templating metal oxide origami, reconfigurable metamaterial, multifunctional robotic backbone, soft robotic
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   NUS
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.9b00144
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Origami structures have been widely applied in various technologies especially in the fields of soft robotics. Metal oxides (MOs) have recently emerged as unconventional backbone materials for constructing complex origamis with distinct functionalities. However, the MO origami structures reported in the literature were rigid and not deformable, thus limiting their applications to soft robotics. Herein, we reported a graphene oxide (GO) enabled templating synthesis to produce complex MO origami structures from their paper origami templates with high structural replication. The MO origami structures were next stabilized with elastomer, and the MO elastomer origamis were able to be adapted into multiple actuation systems (including magnetic fields, shape-memory alloys, and pneumatics) for the fabrication of MO origami robots. Compared with conventional paper origami robots, the MO robots were lightweight, mechanically compliant, fire-retardant, magnetic responsive, and power efficient. We further demonstrated the legendary phoenix-fire-reborn concept in the soft robotics fields: a paper origami robot sacrificed itself in a fire scene and transformed itself into a downsized Al2O3 robot; the Al2O3 robot was able to crawl through a narrow tunnel where the original paper robot was unfit. These MO reconfigurable origamis provide an expanded material library for building soft robotics, and the functionalities of MO robots can be systematically engineered via the intercalation of various metal ions during the GO-enabled synthesis.