Reconfigurable and actuating structures from soft materials

Biomimetic Coatings to Control Cellular Function through Cell Surface Engineering

(2013) Irina Drachuk et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Buckling-Induced Reversible Symmetry Breaking and Amplification of Chirality Using Supported Cellular Structures

(2013) Sung Hoon Kang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Magnetic responsive polymer composite materials

(2013) Julie Thévenot et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Multiple Shape Transformations of Composite Hydrogel Sheets

(2013) Héloïse Thérien-Aubin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

UV/Vis and NIR Light-Responsive Spiropyran Self-Assembled Monolayers

(2013) Oleksii Ivashenko et al.   LANGMUIR

Electronic and magnetic properties of La4Ni3−xCuxO8 and Nd4−ySmyNi3O8

(2013) Yoshiki Sakurai et al.   PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Rational Design of Mechano-Responsive Optical Materials by Fine Tuning the Evolution of Strain-Dependent Wrinkling Patterns

(2013) Philseok Kim et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

pH-Responsive Layer-by-Layer Nanoshells for Direct Regulation of Cell Activity

(2012) Irina Drachuk et al.   ACS Nano

Programmable Light-Controlled Shape Changes in Layered Polymer Nanocomposites

(2012) Zhichen Zhu et al.   ACS Nano

Robotic Tentacles with Three-Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers

(2012) Ramses V. Martinez et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Giant, voltage-actuated deformation of a dielectric elastomer under dead load

(2012) Jiangshui Huang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Stretch-induced plasmonic anisotropy of self-assembled gold nanoparticle mats

(2012) Matthew G. Millyard et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Temperature- and light-responsive smart polymer materials

(2012) Florian D. Jochum et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Ultrathin, bioresponsive and drug-functionalized protein capsules

(2012) Damien Mertz et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Responsive and Nonequilibrium Nanomaterials

(2012) Scott C. Warren et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

The Role of Substrate Wettability in Nanoparticle Transfer from Wrinkled Elastomers: Fundamentals and Application toward Hierarchical Patterning

(2012) Christoph Hanske et al.   LANGMUIR

Gel-Based Self-Propelling Particles Get Programmed To Dance

(2012) Rachita Sharma et al.   LANGMUIR

Stretchable Photonic Crystal Cavity with Wide Frequency Tunability

(2012) Chun L. Yu et al.   NANO LETTERS

A Robust and Facile Approach To Assembling Mobile and Highly-Open Unfrustrated Triangular Lattices from Ferromagnetic Nanorods

(2012) Maneesh K. Gupta et al.   NANO LETTERS

Field-Directed Self-Assembly with Locking Nanoparticles

(2012) Mikhail Motornov et al.   NANO LETTERS

Synthetic homeostatic materials with chemo-mechano-chemical self-regulation

(2012) Ximin He et al.   NATURE

Buckling-induced encapsulation of structured elastic shells under pressure

(2012) J. Shim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Electrically, Chemically, and Photonically Powered Torsional and Tensile Actuation of Hybrid Carbon Nanotube Yarn Muscles

(2012) M. D. Lima et al.   SCIENCE

Designing Responsive Buckled Surfaces by Halftone Gel Lithography

(2012) Jungwook Kim et al.   SCIENCE

A review of stimuli-responsive polymers for smart textile applications

(2012) Jinlian Hu et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Designing maneuverable micro-swimmers actuated by responsive gel

(2012) Hassan Masoud et al.   Soft Matter

Single-composition three-dimensionally morphing hydrogels

(2012) Danqing Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Reactive Surface Coatings Based on Polysilsesquioxanes: Universal Method toward Light-Responsive Surfaces

(2011) Daniel Kessler et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

High-Performance, Low-Voltage, and Easy-Operable Bending Actuator Based on Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Composites

(2011) Luzhuo Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Layer-by-layer self-assembled shells for drug delivery

(2011) Katsuhiko Ariga et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Controlled Folding of 2D Au-Polymer Brush Composites into 3D Microstructures

(2011) Tim S. Kelby et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bio-inspired Design of Submerged Hydrogel-Actuated Polymer Microstructures Operating in Response to pH

(2011) Lauren D. Zarzar et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Flexible Plasmonics on Unconventional and Nonplanar Substrates

(2011) Serap Aksu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Robust and Responsive Silk Ionomer Microcapsules

(2011) Chunhong Ye et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Rolled-up nanotech on polymers: from basic perception to self-propelled catalytic microengines

(2011) Yongfeng Mei et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

In Situ Fabrication and Actuation of Polymer Magnetic Microstructures

(2011) Su Eun Chung et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Mechanisms of large actuation strain in dielectric elastomers

(2011) Soo Jin Adrian Koh et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Mechanics and chemical thermodynamics of phase transition in temperature-sensitive hydrogels

(2011) Shengqiang Cai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Artful interfaces within biological materials

(2011) John W.C. Dunlop et al.   Materials Today

Solvent response of polymers for micromachine manipulation

(2011) Ye Tian et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

2D assembly of gold–PNIPAM core–shell nanocrystals

(2011) Sarah Jaber et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Modeling the properties of ferrogels in uniform magnetic fields

(2011) Dean S. Wood et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Soft microorigami: self-folding polymer films

(2011) Leonid Ionov   Soft Matter

PNIPAM microgels for biomedical applications: from dispersed particles to 3D assemblies

(2011) Ying Guan et al.   Soft Matter

Self-folding all-polymer thermoresponsive microcapsules

(2011) Georgi Stoychev et al.   Soft Matter

Self-folding of polymer sheets using local light absorption

(2011) Ying Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Swelling-Induced Folding in Confined Nanoscale Responsive Polymer Gels

(2010) Srikanth Singamaneni et al.   ACS Nano

Electromechanical Actuation with Controllable Motion Based on a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube and Natural Biopolymer Composite

(2010) Ying Hu et al.   ACS Nano

Hybrids of Magnetic Nanoparticles with Double-Hydrophilic Core/Shell Cylindrical Polymer Brushes and Their Alignment in a Magnetic Field

(2010) Youyong Xu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Adhesion and Mechanical Properties of PNIPAM Microgel Films and Their Potential Use as Switchable Cell Culture Substrates

(2010) Stephan Schmidt et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Enhanced Thermal Actuation in Thin Polymer Films Through Particle Nano-Squeezing by Carbon Nanotube Belts

(2010) Patnarin Worajittiphon et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electrothermal Polymer Nanocomposite Actuators

(2010) Aaron T. Sellinger et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Selective control of surface properties using hydrodynamic interactions

(2010) Hassan Masoud et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials

(2010) Martien A. Cohen Stuart et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Buckling instabilities in periodic composite polymeric materials

(2010) Srikanth Singamaneni et al.   Soft Matter

Buckling in nanomechanical films

(2010) Troy R. Hendricks et al.   Soft Matter

First jump of microgel; actuation speed enhancement by elastic instability

(2010) Howon Lee et al.   Soft Matter

Responsive microcapsule reactors based on hydrogen-bonded tannic acid layer-by-layer assemblies

(2010) Veronika Kozlovskaya et al.   Soft Matter

Temperature controlled encapsulation and release using partially biodegradable thermo-magneto-sensitive self-rolling tubes

(2010) Svetlana Zakharchenko et al.   Soft Matter

Bioinspired Material Approaches to Sensing

(2009) Michael E. McConney et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Novel Approach for the Fabrication of Silica and Silica/Metal Hybrid Microtubes

(2009) Kamlesh Kumar et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Electroactive Elastomeric Actuator for All-Polymer Linear Peristaltic Pumps

(2009) Federico Carpi et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Tetherless thermobiochemically actuated microgrippers

(2009) Timothy G. Leong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Crosslinking Metal Nanoparticles into the Polymer Backbone of Hydrogels Enables Preparation of Soft, Magnetic Field-Driven Actuators with Muscle-Like Flexibility

(2009) Roland Fuhrer et al.   Small

Liquid crystalline polymer cantilever oscillators fueled by light

(2009) Svetlana Serak et al.   Soft Matter

Harnessing Janus Nanoparticles to Create Controllable Pores in Membranes

(2008) Alexander Alexeev et al.   ACS Nano

Bimaterial Microcantilevers as a Hybrid Sensing Platform

(2008) S. Singamaneni et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electrothermal actuation based on carbon nanotube network in silicone elastomer

(2008) L. Z. Chen et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Pick-and-Place Using Chemically Actuated Microgrippers

(2008) Jatinder S. Randhawa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Magnetothermally-responsive Nanomaterials: Combining Magnetic Nanostructures and Thermally-Sensitive Polymers for Triggered Drug Release

(2008) Christopher S. Brazel   PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

Responsive brush layers: from tailored gradients to reversibly assembled nanoparticles

(2008) Igor Luzinov et al.   Soft Matter

pH-Responsive polymers: synthesis, properties and applications

(2008) Sheng Dai et al.   Soft Matter

Stimuli-responsive hydrogel thin films

(2008) Ihor Tokarev et al.   Soft Matter