Ionic Polymer Microactuator Activated by Photoresponsive Organic Proton Pumps
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Light Driven Hydrogel Microactuator
2.1. Method of Actuation—Photoresponsive Proton Pumps
2.2. Microactuator Shell—Ionic Polymer Hydrogel
3. Microfabrication Processes
3.1. Light Driven bR-PAA Transducer
3.2. pH Sensitive HEMA-AA Microactuator Shell
3.3. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Microfluidic Chip
3.4. Microfluidic Chip Assembly
4. Experimental Results and Discussion
4.1. Photoelectric Analysis
4.2. Light Driven pH Gradient Transducer
4.2.1. Ion Transfer under Fixed Light Intensity
4.2.2. Ion Transfer under Variable Light Intensity
4.3. Microactuator Swelling Analysis
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Al-Aribe, K.M.; Knopf, G.K.; Bassi, A.S. Ionic Polymer Microactuator Activated by Photoresponsive Organic Proton Pumps. Actuators 2015, 4, 237-254. https://doi.org/10.3390/act4040237
Al-Aribe KM, Knopf GK, Bassi AS. Ionic Polymer Microactuator Activated by Photoresponsive Organic Proton Pumps. Actuators. 2015; 4(4):237-254. https://doi.org/10.3390/act4040237
Chicago/Turabian StyleAl-Aribe, Khaled M., George K. Knopf, and Amarjeet S. Bassi. 2015. "Ionic Polymer Microactuator Activated by Photoresponsive Organic Proton Pumps" Actuators 4, no. 4: 237-254. https://doi.org/10.3390/act4040237