Development of a autonomous nanofiber gel actuator

本研究的目的是改进小凝胶致动器的制造方法。为了构建无需模具的自主纳米纤维凝胶致动器，本研究采用静电纺丝（EL）方法。由于不需要外部控制装置来驱动自振荡聚合物链，因此选择自振荡聚合物链作为电振法的起始材料。研究表明，控制聚合物自振荡链的溶解度是构建耐水纳米纤维凝胶致动器的必要条件。最后，我们成功地利用电致发光法制造了纳米纤维凝胶致动器。

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.