Electro-actuated hydrogel walkers with dual responsive legs

Three-dimensional shape transformations of hydrogel sheets induced by small-scale modulation of internal stresses

(2013) Zi Liang Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Reversible patterning and actuation of hydrogels by electrically assisted ionoprinting

(2013) Etienne Palleau et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2012) Ximin He et al.   NATURE

Rapid self-healing hydrogels

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Role of pH gradients in the actuation of electro-responsive polyelectrolyte gels

(2012) P. J. Glazer et al.   Soft Matter

Reversible adhesion between a hydrogel and a polymer brush

(2012) Guillaume Sudre et al.   Soft Matter

Photo-switchable control of pH-responsive actuators via pH jump reaction

(2012) Prapatsorn Techawanitchai et al.   Soft Matter

Development of Miniaturized Walking Biological Machines

(2012) Vincent Chan et al.   Scientific Reports

Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films for Building Energetic Walking Devices

(2011) Ying Ma et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Soft Robotics for Chemists

(2011) Filip Ilievski et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Multigait soft robot

(2011) R. F. Shepherd et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Electrophoretic adhesion of biodegradable hydrogels through the intermediary of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes

(2011) Taka-Aki Asoh et al.   Soft Matter

Design of Autonomous Gel Actuators

(2011) Shingo Maeda et al.   Polymers

Electrophoretic adhesion of stimuli-responsive hydrogels

(2010) Taka-Aki Asoh et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Macroscopic self-assembly through molecular recognition

(2010) Akira Harada et al.   Nature Chemistry

Tailoring the mechanical properties of polyacrylamide-based hydrogels

(2010) Bryan A. Baker et al.   POLYMER

First jump of microgel; actuation speed enhancement by elastic instability

(2010) Howon Lee et al.   Soft Matter

Optimization of Electroactive Hydrogel Actuators

(2009) Megan L. O’Grady et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Adhesion properties of physically crosslinked elastic gels of poly(sodium acrylate)–poly(acrylic acid) mixtures evaluated by a point contact method

(2009) Daisuke Sakasegawa et al.   COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE

Designing autonomously motile gels that follow complex paths

(2009) Pratyush Dayal et al.   Soft Matter

Biomimetic Soft Multifunctional Miniature Aquabots

(2008) Gu Han Kwon et al.   Small

Friction of a soft hydrogel on rough solid substrates

(2008) Taiki Tominaga et al.   Soft Matter