Stimuli-responsive actuators in water environment:a review and future research agenda

作     者：Xin Zhao Gangqiang Tang Dong Mei Chun Zhao Lijie Li Yanjie Wang Xin Zhao;Gangqiang Tang;Dong Mei;Chun Zhao;Lijie Li;Yanjie Wang

作者机构：Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Special Robot TechnologyHohai UniversityChangzhou CampusChangzhou 213200People’s Republic of China College of EngineeringSwansea UniversitySwansea SA18ENUnited Kingdom 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing》 (极端制造(英文))

年 卷 期：2025年第7卷第2期

页      面：459-508页

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学科分类：080202[工学-机械电子工程] 08[工学] 0804[工学-仪器科学与技术] 0802[工学-机械工程] 

基　　金：supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB4703401) the Ministry of Education Joint Fund(8091B032250) the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(B240205045) 

主　　题：underwater vehicles stimuli-responsive actuators functional design fabrication methods water environment application 

摘      要：Flexible underwater vehicles with high maneuverability,high efficiency,high speed,and low disturbance have shown great application potential and research significance in underwater engineering,ocean exploration,scientific investigation and other *** research and development of flexible stimulus-responsive actuators is key to the development of high-performance underwater *** present,the main drive methods for underwater devices include electric drive,magnetic drive,light drive,thermal drive,and chemical *** this work,the research progress of stimuli-responsive actuators in water environment is reviewed from the stimuli-responsive patterns,functional design,fabrication methods,and applications in water ***,the actuation principles and characteristics of electro-responsive,magnetic-responsive,photo-responsive,thermo-responsive actuators,and chemically responsive actuators are ***,several design requirements for the desired flexible actuators are *** that,the common fabrication methods are *** typical application of the stimuli-responsive actuator in the water environment is further discussed in combination with the multi-stimuli-responsive ***,the challenges faced by the application of stimuli-responsive actuators in the water environment are analyzed,and the corresponding viewpoints are *** review offers guidance for designing and preparing stimulus-responsive actuators and outlines directions for further development in fields such as ocean energy exploration and surface reconnaissance.