Abstract
Electro-responsive hydrogels have attracted great attentions because the electric stimuli is easy to be applied and controlled. Thus, it is expected to generate electro-responsive hydrogel fiber to improve electro-response rate. In this paper, graphene oxide/hydrolyzed polyacrylamide/sodium alginate (GO/HPAM/SA) hydrogel fibers were prepared by microfluidic spinning. The structure and morphologies of hydrogel fibers were characterized by FTIR and SEM. The electro-response behaviours were also studied. The results indicate that GO/HPAM/SA hydrogel fibers exhibit bending deformation in an electric field. In Na2SO4 solution, the hydrogel fibers first bend toward the cathode, and then bend toward the anode. It is suggested the bending of the hydrogel fibers is caused by two major factors, one is the osmotic pressure difference, another is the pH gradient induced by electrochemical reactions.
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