Laboratory of Electrochemistry, Intelligent Materials and Devices, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Campus Alfonso XIII, 30203, Cartagena, Spain.
Chem Rec. 2018 Jul;18(7-8):788-806. doi: 10.1002/tcr.201700059. Epub 2017 Dec 14.
Each constitutive chain of a conducting polymer electrode acts as a reversible multi-step electrochemical molecular motor: reversible reactions drive reversible conformational movements of the chain. The reaction-driven cooperative actuation of those molecular machines generates, or destroys, inside the film the free volume required to lodge/expel balancing counterions and solvent: reactions drive reversible film volume variations, which basic structural components are here identified and quantified from electrochemical responses. The content of the reactive dense gel (chemical molecular machines, ions and water) mimics that of the intracellular matrix in living functional cells. Reaction-driven properties (composition-dependent properties) and devices replicate biological functions and organs. An emerging technological world of soft, wet, reaction-driven, multifunctional and biomimetic devices and the concomitant zoomorphic or anthropomorphic robots is presented.
可逆反应驱动链的可逆构象运动。这些分子机器的反应驱动协同作用在膜内产生或破坏容纳/排出平衡抗衡离子和溶剂所需的自由体积：反应驱动膜体积的可逆变化，其基本结构组件在此从电化学响应中识别和量化。反应性致密凝胶（化学分子机器、离子和水）的含量模拟活功能细胞中细胞内基质的含量。反应驱动特性（成分相关特性）和器件复制生物功能和器官。呈现了一个新兴的软、湿、反应驱动、多功能和仿生器件的技术世界，以及相应的类人或拟人机器人。
