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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2025
Zhejiang Lab, Zhejiang, CN;
Jianliang Xiao, Zhejiang, CN;
Haitao Liu, Zhejiang, CN;
Lei Zhang, Zhejiang, CN;
Shan Wang, Zhejiang, CN;
ZHEJIANG LAB, Zhejiang, CN;
Abstract
A silk fibroin-based multi-responsive soft actuator and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The soft actuator includes a silk fibroin membrane and a flexible substrate, the silk fibroin membrane being arranged on and tightly bonded with the flexible substrate to form a double-layer membrane structure, thermal expansion coefficients of the silk fibroin membrane and the flexible substrate being different. The manufacturing method for a soft actuator includes: performing plasma processing on a flexible substrate; then scrap-coating the flexible substrate with a silk fibroin wet membrane, drying same to obtain a silk fibroin membrane, the silk fibroin membrane together with the flexible substrate forming a double-layer membrane; soaking the double-layer membrane into water, and then drying same; and integrally or locally soaking in a calcium chloride aqueous solution the silk fibroin membrane in the dried double-layer membrane, then taking out same, and drying same to obtain a soft actuator.