智能/仿生材料具有类生物体的功能或者特性（如亲/疏水性、类贝壳结构等），或者能够感知外界刺激（光、电、热、磁、水、酸、碱刺激等）并进行积极响应（膨胀/收缩、颜色变化、机械运动等）。

课题组通过合理设计、化学组成和物理微结构调控，发展了系列具有水汽诱导形变、光/电/磁刺激响应的碳基、高分子基功能材料与结构，并构建了水汽驱动的仿生爬行器、纤维“马达”、自感知“机器人”、智能微管道等。同时，发展了多种超亲水性，和超疏水性石墨烯功能材料等。

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