Development of a autonomous nanofiber gel actuator

本研究的目的是改进小型凝胶致动器的制造方法。本研究采用静电纺丝技术，在不使用模具的情况下，构建了自主式凝胶驱动器。选择自振荡聚合物链作为EL方法的起始材料，因为不需要外部控制装置来驱动自振荡聚合物链。本研究阐明了控制自激振荡聚合物链的溶解度对于构造具有防水性的凝胶致动器是必要的。最后，我们成功地制造了凝胶致动器的EL方法。

The object of this study is to improve the manufacture method of the small gel actuator. To construct autonomous nanofiber gel actuator without the mold, this study adopted the electrospinning(EL) method. The self-oscillating polymer chain was selected as the starting material for the EL method because the external control devices are not necessary to drive the self-oscillating polymer chain. This study clarified that the control of the solubility of the self-oscillating polymer chain is necessary to construction of the nanofiber gel actuator with the water resistance. Finally, we succeeded in the manufacturing the nanofiber gel actuator by the EL method.