4D Printed Actuators with Soft-Robotic Functions

López‐Valdeolivas, María, Liu, Danqing, Broer, Dick Jan, Sánchez‐Somolinos, Carlos·2018·Macromolecular Rapid Communications

DOI 10.1002/marc.201700710

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